Columns

Controversy over homelessness reveals disturbing trends

Jul 11, 2014

On July 3 came the shock announcement by Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor that soup kitchens would no longer be allowed to operate within a 2km radius of Lot 10 in Kuala Lumpur with immediate effect.
On being perpetually distracted

Jul 05, 2014

There’s a story in the Hindu tradition that runs something like this: God and a man are walking down a road.
Francis rails against the God of Money

Jul 05, 2014

The Bishop of Rome has once again railed against the global economic system, this time zeroing in on the pervasive role played by the world of finance.
On not being stingy with God’s mercy

Jun 27, 2014

Today, for a number of reasons, we struggle to be generous and prodigal with God’s mercy.
Federal Court decision has far-reaching implications for religious freedom

Jun 26, 2014

The Federal Court’s dismissal of the Catholic Church’s leave application to appeal the ban over the use of the word ‘Allah’ in their weekly publication, the HERALD is a blow for the religious freedom of minorities in Malaysia.
Choral music and its place in the liturgy

Jun 20, 2014

Contrary to popular belief, active participation in the liturgy was not a concept created by the Second Vatican Council.
The regrets we can live with

Jun 20, 2014

In her recent book, The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd presents us with a deeply conflicted heroine, Sarah, a highly sensitive woman who grows up the daughter of a slave-owner and a child of privilege.
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.