Recent Editorial

• We must get beyond the Humanae Vitae impasse

  Jan 30, 2015

  However, inserted into this pastoral journey of encounter was a muddled message that begs for explanation.

  

• Pope of the periphery

  Jan 30, 2015

  Pope Francis’ trip to Asia was a remarkable event by most measures.

  

• Pope’s visit to the Philippines spoke to Filipinos heart-to-heart

  Jan 30, 2015

  Pope Francis deeply touched the many Filipinos who came in droves to see the Pope who loves children and poor people, embraces the sick and suffering, and speaks to them heart-to-heart.

  

• The Church is more than just the Pope

  Jan 23, 2015

  Anyone who reads this column knows that I am a big fan of Pope Francis. I never thought I would see a pope like him in my lifetime.

  
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  Here's why Pope Francis goes off script

  Jan 18, 2015

  In a press briefing with journalists in the Philippines, Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi ventured to explain the reason why Pope Francis so frequently deviates from his prepared speeches.

  
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  A simple, intense encounter: Pope Francis and Manila's street kids

  Jan 18, 2015

  Deviating from his schedule of events in the Philippines, Pope Francis had a brief but emotionally intense encounter with former street kids in Manila.

  
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  There is a war within Islam and Western politicians do not defend European culture

  Jan 15, 2015

  Immediately after the attack in Paris against Charlie Hebdo, France's Muslim communities issued a very balanced and reasonable statement.

  

• Fareed on blasphemy

  Jan 15, 2015

  In Muslim-majority countries, no one dares to dial back these laws.

  

• Catholicism but not as we know it

  Jan 15, 2015

  The naming of 20 new cardinals from 18 nations is another sign that Pope Francis is rebalancing the internal dynamics of the Catholic Church. Popes do not pick their successors even when a vacancy arises from resignation, as in the case of Pope Benedict XVI.

  

• Why the fear?

  Jan 08, 2015

  Prominent Iranian-American theologian Reza Aslan said.that it was blasphemous for anyone to say that ‘Allah’ was even the name for God, stressing that God does not have a name.