Columns

The need for a greater sensitivity for human life

Jun 19, 2014

Recent events have thrust death and human tragedy into our awareness. The death of more than 300 miners in Turkey was in the news in May.
Wearied in our patience

Jun 13, 2014

Thirty years ago, before the airline hijackings of September 11, 2001, before the shoe-bomber and others like him, it was simpler to travel by air.
Francis shakes up Vatican financial system; sends message to universal church

Jun 12, 2014

In a blow to the old guard at the Vatican, the Bishop of Rome has sacked the entire board of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) and replaced them with a panel of international financial experts.
Our gaze upon this city

Jun 05, 2014

Jesus, it seems, had mixed feelings towards the world. He loved the world, laid down his life for it, and challenged us to love the world, even as he criticized it harshly and stated clearly that it was opposed to him.
As polar ice caps melt, concern over rising sea levels mount

Jun 05, 2014

A study by the UK Met Office and Newcastle University has looked at how climate change could result in extreme bursts of rain during summer.
Dag Hammarskjold on sexuality and desire

May 29, 2014

The lusts of the flesh reveal the loneliness of the soul.
Why Francis’ visit to the Holy Land was so different

May 29, 2014

Pope Francis’ visit to Jordan, Palestine and Israel has been markedly different from his predecessors in more ways than one.
Mother’s Day

May 23, 2014

There’s an old adage that offers a wise counsel, even as it leaves us powerless to heed its advice: Pick your parents wisely!
Irony behind attack on the two nuns in Seremban

May 23, 2014

The attack on two nuns of the Infant Jesus religious order outside the Church of the Visitation shocked many.
The hudud debate: Stepping back from the chasm

May 16, 2014

So the two Pas private members’ bills, originally supposed to be tabled in Parliament in June, have been shelved.