Columns

Working for change in apocalyptic times

Oct 07, 2015

The recent smog has alarmed many with near apocalyptic scenes — a thick curtain hanging from the sky, blocking out the horizon.
New models for global development needed

Oct 01, 2015

Transparency is an essential element in the dialogue to find better ways of preserving the environment, according to the pope, especially transparency in the assessment of the environmental impact of business ventures and projects.
Things beyond our imagination

Oct 01, 2015

Recently, at an academic dinner, I was sitting across the table from a nuclear scientist. At one point, I asked him this question: Do you believe that there’s human life on other planets? His answer surprised me: “As a scientist, no, I don’t believe there’s human life on another planet.
The ordeal of Kevin Morais — and how we can honour his legacy

Oct 01, 2015

This weekend, we pause to reflect on the funeral of deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais, who was abducted and then believed to have been cruelly slain.
Saving the environment through dialogue and transparency

Sep 24, 2015

The world will continue on “the spiral of self-destruction which currently engulfs us,” says Pope Francis, unless everyone works together to find solutions to the environmental crisis through dialogue and transparency.
Our overstimulated grandiosity – and our impoverished symbols

Sep 24, 2015

There are now more than seven billion people on this earth and each one of us feels that he or she is the centre of the universe. That accounts for most of the problems we have in the world, in our neighbourhoods, and in our families.
A different kind of leadership

Sep 24, 2015

These are trying times, and several events and incidents have added to the prevailing sense of gloom.
God’s ineffability – What’s revealed in Jesus’ eyes?

Sep 17, 2015

God, as I understand him, is not very well understood. A colleague of mine, now deceased, was fond of saying that. It’s a wise comment.
Francis wades into the heart of modern-day capitalism

Sep 17, 2015

In 2008, at the height of the economic crisis in the US, I mentioned in this column about an email I had received from a Buddhist friend of mine.
Dorothy Day — a saint for our time

Sep 11, 2015

Sometime soon, we will witness the canonization of Dorothy Day.