Focus

  • Walking in communion and friendship with others

    Oct 30, 2015

    There are profound theological reasons why the bonds of communion among the Church’s people matter so much, bonds given birth by baptism into Christ’s body.

  • Researcher: Study after study finding kids do best with married parents

    Oct 30, 2015

    Three new pieces of scholarship released in recent weeks suggest that children do best with married parents and are more likely to face a host of challenges in other situations.

  • 'Nature doesn't forgive us for our mistakes'

    Oct 29, 2015

    Bangladeshi Catholics should collaborate with social, political and faith leaders to take action on climate change at the grassroots level, church officials say.

  • Capuchins organise Nature Day in Pakistan

    Oct 29, 2015

    The Capuchin Friars of Pakistan recently organised in Lahore St. Francis of Assisi and Nature Day in order to promote respect for creation and sustainable environment.

  • Is the family synod being driven by sentiment?

    Oct 23, 2015

    Towards the end of the second week of the family synod the media divulged the unconfirmed story one bishop had reportedly shared with the assembly, a story from his diocese: a little boy whose father was re-married had, on the day of his first Holy Communion, broken a bit off the Host and given his dad the fragment.

  • Greater freedom than ever at the Synod

    Oct 22, 2015

    Cardinal Donald Wuerl has flatly denied the allegations by some of his fellow cardinals and bishops that the fathers attending the synod are “somehow” being manipulated by the Pope and the synod structure that Francis approved.

  • Bishops and synod should meet people where they are

    Oct 21, 2015

    One of the main challenges facing Catholic bishops today is to be clear about the church's moral teachings but then also to meet people where they are in life without just admonishing them, Washington's Cardinal Donald Wuerl has said.

  • Holy Year: Rooted in mercy

    Oct 21, 2015

    While the Holy Year of Mercy declared last March by Pope Francis does not fall within the customary 25-year cycle of holy year (or jubilee) celebrations, it falls perfectly within the tradition of this sacred observance, which began with Mosaic law.

  • What happens in a holy year?

    Oct 21, 2015

    St. John Paul II wanted the entire Church to enter the 21st century in a spirit of hope, strengthened by a deep-reaching renewal of faith.

  • Food for Thought

    Oct 21, 2015

    Starting in December and for the next year, we will hear much about the Holy Year of Mercy.