Recent Editorial

• The protagonist of Pre-Vatican II liturgy (Tridentine Liturgy)

  Nov 20, 2014

  Cardinal Burke, during these past six or so years in Rome, has emerged as perhaps the most liturgically and doctrinally retrodox prelate in the Church.

  
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  Cadinal Burke transferred

  Nov 20, 2014

  Pope Francis’ transfer of Cardinal Raymond Burke from being the Vatican’s “chief justice” to a mere cardinal-protector of the Knights of Malta, has intensified yet more irresponsible talk of schism within the Catholic Church.

  

• Building a theologically thinking and feeling community in South Asia

  Nov 13, 2014

  Let us build ourselves … Let us know each other was the theme for the first day of the conference.

  

• The Church needs the commotion the Family Synod caused

  Nov 13, 2014

  It is difficult to imagine why any pope would want to engage in the synodal process if it were not to discuss compelling issues of the day.

  

• Pope Benedict’s fearful words

  Nov 11, 2014

  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has made few contributions to the life of the Church since his retirement, preferring instead to “watch and pray.”

  

• Hope for religious freedom in Indonesia

  Nov 11, 2014

  Members of several religious minority groups in Indonesia say they are cautiously optimistic about plans to draft a new bill to protect persecuted minorities in the predominantly Muslim country.

  
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  Vatican astronomer on Pope’s Big Bang words

  Nov 11, 2014

  A leading Vatican astronomer said that although some see Pope Francis' recent words on the Big Bang as signifying a change in the Church's stance on the issue, the pontiff in fact said nothing new.

  

• However dramatic, the Synod of Bishops 2014 was just the beginning

  Oct 30, 2014

  Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the tumultuous Synod of Bishops on the Family, conclusions are up in the air as to what it all meant.

  

• Now the talking really begins

  Oct 30, 2014

  Pope Francis wanted frankness and openness, and that is what he got. But there is also the sense that the real debate in the Church about marriage and families is only just starting .

  

• Synod a win for Francis and ‘openness’

  Oct 30, 2014

  As people analyze and debate the final relatio or report from the Synod on the Family, there is a danger of missing the forest for the trees.