Recent Editorial
-
The forthcoming Amazon Synod
Jun 21, 2019
The Catholic Church must find ways to reach indigenous Catholics deprived of the sacraments in the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, and that may include ordaining married elders, said the working document for the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon.
-
Francis treats Church’s internal ‘sickness’
Jun 13, 2019
Francis has no intention of shrinking from the difficult task of changing a deeply entrenched culture.
-
The Church has faced many storms
Jun 13, 2019
The Acts of the Apostles recounts in chapter 15:2 “Then it was decided that Paul and Barnabas, with some other brothers, would go up to Jerusalem with the Apostles and Elders to discuss this matter.” The very young Church therefore met in what came to be called the Council of Jerusalem.
-
Why the disbelief? Moral question on ‘Belief in God’ based on textbook, says HM
May 30, 2019
The headmaster of a primary school has come forward to clarify a controversial Year 6 mid-term moral exam paper on the Rukun Negara.
-
‘Moral’ textbook is wrong and must be changed
May 30, 2019
The Rukun Negara’s first principle, Belief in God, is meant for all faiths and not just Islam, and has been wrongly interpreted in a Primary Six textbook for Moral Studies, says prominent intellectual Chandra Muzaffar.
-
We all can start caring for the environment
May 30, 2019
Laudato Si’ Generation already has a membership of approximately 2,000 Catholics worldwide, primarily between the ages of 15 and 30.
-
La Salle Brothers to bring hope to schools
May 25, 2019
On the 300th anniversary of St. John Baptist de la Salle’s death, Pope Francis urged the Lasallian Brothers to continue their educational mission with the zeal of their founder.
-
Humanity is dirtying its own nest
May 25, 2019
We humans, the species with large brains, so-called intelligence and abilities and power to change the face of the planet, are doing so with a huge negative impact.
-
Shareholders push telecom firms to tackle online child sexual abuse
May 25, 2019
Online child sexual abuse is a booming international business and religious congregations holding stocks in major telecom firms are stepping up their advocacy to thwart it.
-
Pope’s new sex abuse rules are a revolution for the Catholic Church
May 18, 2019
With his new motu proprio Vos estis lux mundi, Pope Francis shows that he is taking the abuse crisis very seriously.
Sunday Reflection
Taken, Blessed, Broken and Given
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. In today’s Gospel, we come upon one of the many accounts of Jesus multiplying food for the people.
