Focus
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Most people in a majority of countries believe that the death penalty is wrong
Nov 17, 2018
While it is impossible to conduct a global survey, evidence suggests that most people in a majority of countries believe that the death penalty is wrong, with this view particularly strong among Christians.
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Malaysia sets example by abandoning the noose
Nov 17, 2018
Malaysia’s decision to abandon the death penalty is winning praise and adds further momentum to a growing global trend that human rights advocates hope will spell an end to state-sanctioned killing.
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Why Christians believe in resurrection, not reincarnation
Nov 09, 2018
Every time Christians recite the Apostles’ Creed, they affirm their belief in what will happen to them after death: “I believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.”
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Synod final document warns against ‘pre-packaged answers’
Nov 03, 2018
In the final document from the Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, the synod fathers wrote about the great diversity of situa
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Synod must discern ‘signs of the times’ through the eyes of young people
Oct 27, 2018
The Synod of Bishops is seeking to discern “the signs of the times” through “the eyes of young people” in order to “respond to the calls of the Holy Spirit at this historic change of epoch which humanity is living through,” Fr Arturo Sosa, SJ, the superior general of the Jesuits, told a Vatican press briefing on Oct 15.
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Lessons we can learn from Mary for the Synod on Young Adults
Oct 26, 2018
There are four lessons which young people can learn from Mary that can be described as pastoral priorities for forming mature disciples.
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Synods aren’t just for the Bishops
Oct 19, 2018
Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously said that God granted American Christianity no Reformation. It’s also true that God granted America no Counter-Reformation.
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Not a youth crisis but an adult crisis
Oct 13, 2018
The Catholic Church does not have a youth crisis. It has an adult crisis. We have lost touch with what mature discipleship looks like, what constitutes true life and what holiness means.
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Accusations against Francis a ‘political frame job’
Oct 12, 2018
In an unprecedented three-page missive filled with a kind of forceful language rarely shared publicly between two Catholic prelates, Cardinal Marc Ouellet tells Archbishop Carlo Vigano his actions have been “extremely immoral” and that he has made an “unheard of and undeserved blow” on Pope Francis’ moral authority.
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Chinese Catholics split over Sino-Vatican deal
Oct 05, 2018
Chinese Catholics split over Sino-Vatican deal
Sunday Reflection
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Trust in the Lord
In the first reading for this Sunday, Jeremiah says, “Cursed be he who trusts in human beings.” It is impossible to create an ideal society if that society does not have God as its foundation, its heart and its end.
