Recent Editorial

  • Embracing the light of hope

    Jan 26, 2025

    This week marks the beginning of a series of significant events in both the liturgical calendar and the lives of many in Malaysia.

  • From the Editor’s Desk

    Jan 03, 2025

    The year 2024 has been a testament to resilience for so many, both within the Church and in the broader world.

  • Carlo Acutis: The ecclesial fascination with a fantasised youth

    Dec 06, 2024

    As Pope Francis announces the canonisation of Carlo Acutis next April, Fr Clément Barré reflects on models of holiness for young people. He highlights the risk that, by confining Carlo Acutis to this role, the Church might paradoxically weaken the universal reach of his witness.

  • From the Editor’s Desk

    Dec 01, 2024

    As we enter the first Sunday of Advent, we are reminded that this is not just a time to eagerly anticipate Christmas but a season that calls for reflection, preparation, and spiritual renewal.

  • There is no time for indifference today

    Nov 22, 2024

    As the world confronts the escalating crisis of climate change, Pope Francis has once again used his influential voice to urge global leaders to prioritise the well-being of humanity and the preservation of our shared planet.

  • The End of the Synod…

    Nov 22, 2024

    …And the beginning of synodality

  • Editor’s Note

    Nov 15, 2024

    November 17, we mark the 8th World Day of the Poor, a powerful reminder of the Church’s sacred responsibility not only to hear the cry of the poor but to respond with active compassion.

  • The conversions I had at the synod

    Nov 08, 2024

    As the Synod on Synodality was reaching its conclusion in Rome, I spoke with my America colleagues Zac Davis and Colleen Dulle for a joint recording for the “Jesuitical” and “Inside the Vatican” podcasts.

  • Dilexit nos: The experience of a loving heart

    Nov 01, 2024

    In the first footnote of the encyclical ‘Dilexit nos,’ Pope Francis reveals he drew inspiration for the first chapter from his fellow Argentine Jesuit Fr. Diego Fares, who before his death in 2022 always emphasized the centrality of the ‘heart’ in the thought and work of the Pope.

  • Dialogue not optional in Asia, it’s a ‘matter of survival’

    Nov 01, 2024

    With a population of 4,815,671,322 people in over 40 countries, including China, India, and Indonesia which are the world’s most populated countries - and hosting a mosaic of people and cultures who speak 2,300 languages, Asia is truly an enigma - being the birthplace of 11 major religions.