Focus
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Forgiveness through the Spirit
May 30, 2019
Some things happen in a blaze of splendour like a fireworks display. Others are as simple and sweet as a smooth stone being slipped into a still summer lake. Such was the deceptive quietness of Ruby’s calm remark, one Easter morning.
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Eucharistic intimacy calls us to transform a destructive food system
May 25, 2019
When a priest offers the prayer to thank God for the “work of human hands,” during the sacrament of Eucharist, it “includes Christ’s memory of enslave
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Pope Francis pays tribute to Jean Vanier
May 18, 2019
Christian philosopher, writer and humanist Jean Vanier, an ardent advocate for the most marginalized by society, died on 7 May aged 90. Pope Francis paid tribute to him as he travelled back to the Vatican after a three-day apostolic visit to the Balkan nations of Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
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In ‘Happy’ Bhutan, PM turns a doctor on Saturdays
May 18, 2019
It’s Saturday in Bhutan and Lotay Tshering (pic) has just completed urinary bladder repair surgery on a patient at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital.
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Heresy accusation letter, deconstructed
May 11, 2019
Let’s take on one of the indictments of Francis, so you can get a flavour of what is wrong here: “A Christian believer can have full knowledge of a divine law and voluntarily choose to break it in a serious matter, but not be in a state of mortal sin as a result of this action.”
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Thanks to Jean Vanier, the spirit of the Risen Christ is present among the weakest of society
May 09, 2019
The founder of L’Arche, an organisation that fosters cohabitation of healthy people and people with physical and mental disabilities, passed away last night. L’Arche is present in 35 countries with 147 communities. Faith and Light, another association Vanier co-founded to bring together people with special needs, their families and friends, is present in at least 80 countries with 1,800 communities. Pope Francis remembers him, as does a Hong Kong missionary, who worked with him.
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Malaysians demand justice for dead Indonesian maid
May 02, 2019
Malaysia’s justice system has come under fire after a judge threw out a case involving the torture and death of an Indonesian maid who had been working on the island of Penang without proper documentation.
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Sri Lanka, martyrdom, and the light of faith
May 02, 2019
The Easter Exsultet, sung across the world as the bombs detonated in Colombo, hailed the arrival of the “night in which Christ has destroyed death.”
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Pope Francis joins Paris in sorrow after Notre Dame fire
Apr 26, 2019
Pope Francis expressed his unity with the people of France following a major blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, encouraging the rebuilding of the “architectural jewel” and “witness of the faith.”
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Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Advent: Preparing for Christmas
We all spend a lot of time getting ready for Christmas. There’s the gifts, the cards, the decorating, the cooking, the visits to Santa, the children’s pageants.
