Focus

‘I shall say it again: Rejoice!’

Dec 16, 2018

What I love about the Advent season is that it captures the mixed reality of our lives. Our moments of joy and sorrow are often closely woven together
Advent week two: Four ways to be more attentive this Advent

Dec 09, 2018

“Be watchful!” and “Be alert!” are two traditional spiritual commands often heard by Catholics during the Advent season in preparation for the birth of Christ at Christmas.
Advent is the remedy to our spiritual crisis

Dec 09, 2018

Real faith grows when we have the humility and the honesty to profess what we really believe, to speak what we really know, and to stand before God and one another as we really are.
The Loveliest Lullaby — Silent Night

Dec 02, 2018

Consider the catastrophe. A performance is expected, everything is set, anticipation runs high and then your organ breaks down on Christmas Eve.
Advent week one — A new beginning

Dec 02, 2018

When the verses from Chapter 33 of the Book of Jeremiah are read as the first reading on the First Sunday of Advent this year, I will hear them in a new way.
Dignity of the human person and ethical issues in genetics: A Catholic perspective

Nov 21, 2018

I recall, some years ago, receiving a phone call from a distraught couple. They had been married for many years but were not able to conceive a child
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.
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.
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.”
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