DEEPENING FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD: Daily Reflections for Lent, by Anthony Egan SJ, Trevor Hudson & Russell Pollitt SJ. Jesuit Institute SA, Johannesburg (2017). 129pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher More Stories: Pope Francis and the...
A STILL AND QUIET CONSCIENCE: The Archbishop who challenged a Pope, a President and a Church: A Life of Raymond G Hunthausen, by John McCoy, Orbis Books (2015). 288pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More...
A new TV series has at its centre a young American pope. GÃœNTHER SIMMERMACHER took a look at The Young Pope and shares his impressions. The new American pope stands on the balcony of...
A VOICE WITHIN CHURCH AND SOCIETY: A Personal Anthology, by Michael Nuttall. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg, 2015. 262 pp. Reviewed by Fr Kevin Reynolds More Stories: Cardinals show us Africa’s Church Forming priests and deacons
LEADING FOR CHANGE: Race, Intimacy and Leadership on Divided University Campuses, by Jonathan Jansen. Routledge, 2016. 227pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More Stories: Pope Francis and the ‘dirty war’
ST FRANCIS UNCENSORED, by Patrick Noonan OFM. Choice Publishing, Ireland. 2016. 197pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Seconds after Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, the Jesuit archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in March 2013, his...
SANCTIFYING THE SPIRIT, by Julia Beacroft. Sancio Books, UK. 2016. 390pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Regular readers of The Southern Cross will have read Julia Beacroft’s occasional columns which tie feast days of the...
FAITH & JOY: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Priest, by Fernando Cardenal SJ. Orbis Books, US. 2015. 254pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney This is an extraordinary story of an extraordinary man. It begins at the...
Movie Review – Joy Loosely based on the life of Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing “Miracle Mop” and a cable television sensation, this madcap tale about a dysfunctional family hoping to hit the...
By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service – Movie Review – The Good Dinosaur A warm and fuzzy take on the human-dino dynamic of the “Jurassic” films, this 3-D comedy-adventure makes wholesome and hilarious entertainment...
By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service, Movie Review - Point Break “Point Break” (Warner Bros.), director Ericson Core’s remake of the 1991 crime adventure, comes to 3-D life whenever someone in the cast is skydiving,...
By John P McCarthy, Catholic News Service – Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens With “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Disney), the most popular series in film history resurfaces after a 10-year hiatus....
