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Contemplative prayer

Oct 20, 2016

Contemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practised, is subject today to considerable scepticism in a number of circles.
Soter Fernandez has always been at the ‘field-hospital’ Church!

Oct 14, 2016

Last year, when I met Archbishop Emeritus Soter Fernandez, he took pains to highlight two somewhat related areas that he seemed to be concerned about.
The Beatitudes and technology with a human face

Oct 07, 2016

Some of us might be familiar with a scene in a 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie called Modern Times in which the comedian's Little Tramp character struggles to cope screwing nuts onto machines on a rapidly moving production assembly line.
Software, moral formatting, and living in sin

Oct 07, 2016

While I was doing graduate studies in Belgium, I lived at the American College in Leuven.
Energy crisis — has the day of reckoning been delayed?

Sep 30, 2016

A few years ago, many people were concerned about the rise in oil prices and declining supplies of conventional oil.
Indulgences revisited

Sep 30, 2016

When Pope Francis launched the Holy Year of Mercy, he promised that Christians could gain a special indulgence during this year.
The tension over land

Sep 23, 2016

The other day, I visited a couple of organic farmers near where I live. I found them doing some admirable work, drenched in sweat.
From paranoia to metanoia

Sep 23, 2016

Sometimes, we’re a mystery to ourselves or, perhaps more accurately, sometimes we don’t realize how much paranoia we carry within ourselves.
Education, a double-edged sword

Sep 16, 2016

Many of us are concerned about what we perceive to be the declining standards of education in the country.
Evil feeds off God’s energy

Sep 16, 2016

See the wise and wicked ones, Who feed upon life’s sacred fire