Recent Editorial

  • The Pope and the praying menace

    Sep 23, 2022

    Pope Francis has had a fair amount of success in getting people to look with new eyes at major issues or problems in our world. He has been helped out in this thanks to generally friendly media coverage.

  • Cardinal Tagle — will he succeed Pope Francis?

    Sep 17, 2022

    Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (pic) – fast-emerging as a frontrunner to succeed Pope Francis, as rumours grow about a looming papal resignation – may have just seen his chances increase further still.

  • Ahead of elections, top Italian prelate says, ‘Don’t forget the poor’

    Sep 17, 2022

    As Italy heads toward its snap general election later this month, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna has stressed the need to prioritise the poor and avoid polemics.

  • Editor’s Note

    Sep 17, 2022

    The queen’s death overshadowed the appointment of Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, who had just taken office two days prior to the monarch’s demise.

  • Editor’s Note

    Sep 10, 2022

    September 8 marked the 28th anniversary of HERALD, and it is with much gratitude that we are resuming our print version this weekend.

  • Pope John Paul I reminds us of the essence of the Gospel

    Sep 10, 2022

    The beatification of John Paul I is an invitation to rediscover the humility that allows the virtues of faith, hope and charity to be concretely translated into life.

  • Blessed John Paul I, precursor of the Francis style

    Sep 10, 2022

    Like the Italian Albino Luciani, who was known as the “smiling pope”, the Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio impressed people in his very first appearance by his simplicity. Immediately after their elections, both popes spoke of their emotion during the conclave.

  • Deficits can point us in positive directions

    Aug 26, 2022

    We face an immense formational task that involves helping the Church to claim its reality as a people on the road together, rooted in the Gospel and inspired to carry that Gospel into the world.

  • 'Rules of war cannot be dominated, only God can save us'

    Aug 26, 2022

    In an interview with Vatican Media six months since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, calls the conflict "a global threat to humanity" and expresses gratitude to Pope Francis for his closeness.

  • Editor’s Note

    Aug 12, 2022

    As we approach our 65th National Day on August 31, let’s take a brief look at the legacy of the Catholic Church here in Malaysia.