Newsman, cartoonist Conrad Burke signs off
Conrad Burke: 1946-2024 Obituary by Günther Simmermacher To South African television viewers in the 1990s, Conrad Burke was best known...
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Shrines Around the World: Our Lady of Fatima
Where’s that?: Fatima is located in northern Portugal, about 130km from Lisbon. Our Lady’s connection: Apparitions to three shepherd children...
St Ignatius of Loyola: How a Cannonball Changed the World
Some saints live unholy lives until they let God intervene. Günther Simmermacher looks at one such life — that of...
The Witness of Women
Dear Reader, August is Women’s Month in South Africa, and in this issue we mark it in special ways. Our...
Organ Prodigy Dale de Windt
At the young age of 23, Dale de Windt is already a seasoned organist and musical director. He told Günther...
The Shrine for all of South Africa
Dear Reader, – South Africa has a new shrine! The Mother of Mercy shrine in Magaliesburg, poetically located near the...
Exercise for Our Faith
Dear Reader, Any Catholic, whether the parishioner who sits at the end of the fifth pew in church or a...
Is the Good Politician Extinct?
As we prepare to vote in the national and provincial elections on May 29, we are called by our bishops...
Our Lady and the Three Kids
In 1917, three children reported visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in rural Portugal. Günther Simmermacher & Junno Arocho Esteves...
