Recent Editorial

  • Parish mergers solution to priest shortage?

    Apr 22, 2023

    The Archdiocese of St Louis, the largest and oldest in Missouri, is in the midst of a major pastoral planning initiative dubbed All Things New, announced last May.

  • Peace comes from Jesus – through us!

    Apr 14, 2023

    “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’”

  • Editor’s Note

    Apr 09, 2023

    May this season of grace bring us such lasting joy and let us share this joy generously with others, especially those in the ‘shadows’ and on the margins of our society.

  • The synod is not an event – It’s a new way of being Church

    Mar 24, 2023

    he only way to be a listening Church is to learn by doing — and by doing again and again. This, several participants argued, is part of Pope Francis’ “long game.” He is trying to teach us a new way of relating to one another, one that is embraced in much of Latin America but is foreign to the Church

  • The enduring moments of Pope Francis’ first 10 years

    Mar 10, 2023

    Moment by moment, sign by sign, and word by word, Pope Francis has defined his papacy in the 10 years since his election to the See of Peter.

  • Why can’t we live in peace?

    Mar 03, 2023

    The Pope himself, seated in the back row, watched the documentary and met at the conclusion with some of the documentary’s protagonists.

  • Natural vs Artificial Intelligence

    Feb 24, 2023

    The reaction to AI-generated ideas through such applications as ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is no different from the reaction to the use of calculators in schools several decades ago.

  • “Tone at the Top” and the abuse of power in the Catholic Church

    Feb 24, 2023

    A few months ago, a book with an eloquent title was published: Heillose Macht — literally, “Power empty of salvation.” Many priests and laypersons, both Church employees and volunteers, relate here the abuse of power that they have personally suffered in the Catholic Church, which they have experienced “as a place of despotism and humiliation”.

  • Pope Francis is the world’s pastor

    Feb 24, 2023

    March 13, 2023 will mark the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. The first thing that distinguishes Pope Francis’ approach to the Petrine ministry is his pastoral sensibility.

  • Faced with evil, from one excess to another

    Feb 18, 2023

    The massive earthquake that rattled Turkey and Syria left a toll that is very high. More than 21,000 dead as I write these lines. That is just a provisional figure, to which we must also add thousands of injured and homeless people who must face the harshness of the climate.