Highlights of Rome on Catholic Hosted Pilgrimage
In May, 57 Southern Cross pilgrims travelled to the Holy Land and Rome. Günther Simmermacher reviews the highlights of the Rome leg of the pilgrimage. A pilgrimage...
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After Eight Years, Jo’burg Priest is Coming Home
Fr Michael Seheri, of the archdiocese of Johannesburg, has lived in Italy since June 2010. He successfully defended his doctoral thesis, “The Abrahamic Covenant: A Study From a Canonical Perspective”, at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (or Santa Croce).
Now for a Synod on Women in the Church
Catholic Women Speak conference in Rome. A South African representative to a Catholic women’s conference in Rome last month has called for a synod on women. At the Catholic Women Speak conference in Rome, she noted that the needs of Catholic women in Africa or India differ from those in Europe or the US.
8: Rome’s loveliest basilica
When St Peter left the lands of his birth for the city of his death, he departed by boat from Jaffa, which today is a suburb of...
9: St Peter’s basilica at its best and worst
As one prepares to visit Rome for the first time, one may expect that the highpoint would be St Peter’s basilica, an architectural marvel packed with priceless...
