Recent Editorial

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  Loss of print media – posing challenges to Church communications

  Dec 09, 2022

  Catholic media, like their secular counterpart, is facing a day of reckoning caused by the rapid switch from print to digital media, as well as financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.

  
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  Catholic Media — Communicating in a changing landscape

  Dec 09, 2022

  When Pope Francis met members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication recently, he said listening to people is at the heart of communication and must be a special mark of Catholic communication efforts.

  
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  Malaysia’s GE15: An emotional rollercoaster ride and then, new Hope

  Dec 02, 2022

  We must also push for reforms to our institutions and for the deepening of democracy and a decentralisation of federal powers.

  
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  Dear Bishops: We know the Church is struggling.Let the rest of us help you

  Dec 02, 2022

  Recently, the Archdiocese of St Louis announced a proposal that would close more than half of its 178 parishes. The issues that the archdiocese has cited are all too familiar in the United States: decreasing attendance and an aging clergy.

  
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  Unhealthy obsession with bishops

  Dec 02, 2022

  We’re all guilty, at least many of us, whose job it is to report or comment on the Catholic Church. Let’s just admit it: we are obsessed with bishops. It seems like they are almost always the main focus, or at least a significant part of whatever we write or talk about.

  
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  US bishops elect anti-Francis archbishop as new president

  Nov 25, 2022

  The US bishops have sent a clear message of rejection to Pope Francis by selecting Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, as president of the bishops’ conference.

  
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  Believers saying ‘no’ to the blasphemy of war

  Nov 18, 2022

  Vatican News’ Editorial Director, Andrea Tornielli, reflects on Pope Francis’ words in Bahrain at the closing of the Forum for Dialogue and Coexistence between East and West which took place on November 4, 2022.

  
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  Bishops and sex abuse: “It’s a new tsunami”

  Nov 18, 2022

  In this interview with La Croix’s Celine Hoyeau, Thiel discusses her reaction to the latest abuse revelations and what they mean for the Church in France.

  
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  Pope Francis - A messenger of peace

  Nov 18, 2022

  Inside the Mosque of Sakhir Royal Palace in Bahrain, Pope Francis sat in the middle of a semi-circle surrounded by Muslim dignitaries wearing traditional robes and by a number of his own cardinals who are dressed in white cassocks with red sashes.

  
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  Guest Editorial

  Nov 11, 2022

  After six decades as a democratic nation, many are pondering over the meaning and implications of our electoral processes and governance.