Recent Editorial

• Pope Francis mobilises the laity

  Dec 18, 2014

  At the Wednesday audience last week, Pope Francis began a series of highly significant talks on family life, in preparation for next autumn’s Synod of Bishops.

  

• Empowering laity

  Dec 18, 2014

  A sense of being interested in Church services and tasks by the laypeople but a failure to take an active role in the apostolate to the world (society), is indeed a stumbling block to their active lay participation in the world.

  

• Vatican calls online harassment ‘violence’

  Dec 18, 2014

  The Holy See joined efforts with other Catholic organizations in order to raise awareness of the increasing trend of Internet threats, which is one among many current forms of violence against youth.

  

• Why Asia’s human rights defenders remain defenseless

  Dec 18, 2014

  Human rights defenders from around the world gathered in Manila last week to consolidate "protection platforms" for human rights workers. The meeting highlighted various protection initiatives on the ground and the challenges for their implementation.

  

• Prominent Malays plead for rational dialogue on Islam in Malaysia

  Dec 11, 2014

  As the mercury rises over race and religious relations in Malaysia, 25 prominent Malays have penned an open letter asking for a rational dialogue on the position of Islam in a constitutional democracy.

  

• Stamped Bibles show BSM raid can happen again

  Dec 11, 2014

  The stamping of 351 Bibles would mean that the Selangor religious authorities can now confiscate non-Muslim books and materials just by virtue of them being printed, said well-known human rights lawyer Andrew Khoo.

  

• Turn the other cheek, lose sight of the future

  Dec 11, 2014

  Christians in Sabah and Sarawak! You cannot believe that a swathe of water and some Immigration powers can ring fence your states from the tide of religious intolerance, racism and chauvinism sweeping through this country.

  

• Europe has been warned

  Dec 04, 2014

  When Pope Francis berated the European Union last Tuesday, 25th November, for having lost its vision, he was pushing buttons in all its 28 member states.

  

• A message of hope

  Dec 04, 2014

  “I would like, as a pastor, to offer a message of hope and encouragement to all the citizens of Europe.

  

• True and false reform of the Roman Curia?

  Dec 04, 2014

  The blueprint for a major reorganization of the Roman Curia is ready. And Pope Francis on Nov 24, called together all the current heads of the Vatican’s major offices (the nine congregations, three tribunals, 12 pontifical councils and several other bureaus) to explain the plan, get their reactions and hear their suggestions.