This Was 2018: The Highlights and Lowlights of the Church Year
It was a difficult year for the Catholic Church, with the abuse scandal re-emerging and division within the Church deepening. But there were bright spots, such as...
Year-End Review
This Was 2017 – The Highlights and Lowlights of the Year
It was the Catholic year that was dominated by the centenary of the apparitions at Fatima. In Southern Africa the Church began its year-long jubilee for the 200th anniversary of its establishment here, marked the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, and challenged government and business on several issues. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks back at 2017.
Year-end Review 2014
It was the year in which Pope Francis called an extraordinary Synod on the Family, two popes were canonised and another beatified, the Middle East blew up...
Year-end Review 2013
It was the Year of Faith, during which Pope Benedict suddenly resigned and Pope Francis launched a new style of papacy, the reform of the Roman curia...
Year-end Review 2012
It was the year in which Pope Benedict opened the Year of Faith, the world’s bishops discussed the New Evangelisation and the Church celebrated the 50th anniversary...
Year-end Review 2011
It was the year in which Pope Benedict presided over World Youth Day in Madrid, the beatification of Bl John Paul II, and the launch of the...
Year-end Review 2010
It was the year when South Africa hosted the football world as well as the relics of St Therese of Lisieux, the clerical abuse scandal exploded again...
Year-end Review 2006
JANUARY 2006 The Vatican Congregation for Evangelisation reveals that 27 Catholic missionaries were killed in 2005. In his first encyclical, titled Deus caritas est, Pope Benedict reflects on...
