Columns

Ebola and the failure of the market

Oct 24, 2014

When Thomas Duncan first showed up at a Texas hospital complaining of a fever and stomach pains after a visit to his native Liberia, he was prescribed antibiotics and sent home.
The unhappy cost of resentment

Oct 24, 2014

It’s not only love that makes the world go round. Resentment too is prominent in stirring the drink. In so many ways our world is drowning in resentment.
Collegiality, decentralisation and subsidiarity: Francis' dramatic push

Oct 17, 2014

Much has been said and written about the new wave of inclusiveness being promoted by the Bishop of Rome, with the ongoing Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, currently underway in Rome, discussing some thorny issues regarding the family.
Sacred Permission to be Human and the Tools to Handle Frustration

Oct 17, 2014

we have verses in the Psalms, in passages that we pray liturgically, where we ask God to bash the heads of the children of our enemies against a rock.
Five people who helped give me some self-underst

Oct 10, 2014

Although I grew up in a loving, safe, and nurturing family and community, one of the dominant memories of my childhood and teenage years is that of being restless and somehow discontented.
Rethinking the economy so that we can have life to the full

Oct 09, 2014

Were we ever meant to be unthinking cogs in the industrial machine? Until now, we have quietly watched how the underlying assumptions behind our economy often result in unsustainability and inequality.
Fatherless at the Depth of our Being

Oct 01, 2014

Anthropologists tell us that father-hunger, a frustrated desire to be blessed by our own fathers, is one of the deepest hungers in the world today, especially among men.
Francis lays down new template for pastoral leadership in universal Church

Oct 01, 2014

When news of the elevation of Msgr Julian Leow to Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur broke, it came as something of a surprise to many.
On how we react to criticism and opposition

Sep 25, 2014

Have you ever noted how we spontaneously react to a perceived threat? Faced with a threat, our primal instincts tend to take over and we instantly freeze over and begin to shut all the doors opening to warmth, gentleness, and empathy inside us.
Concerned people, scientists and Church join forces against climate change

Sep 25, 2014

Over 300,000 people rallied in New York on Sept 21, ahead of a United Nations climate change summit two days later. Dozens of other cities around the world held solidarity marches urging world leaders to do more to arrest climate change.