Recent Editorial

Editor’s Note

Mar 11, 2022

For many, the season of Lent is marked with personal sacrifice – while some will undertake to eat or do a task they dislike, for others it will be a time for giving up excess in the form of food, drink or activities that detract us from the process of self-reflection.
My view

Mar 04, 2022

Breaking the bias is the theme for the 2022 International Women’s Day celebrations on March 8.
Russia’s Invasion Is Defeat for Humanity — How Should We Respond?

Mar 04, 2022

Respect for human dignity, international law, human rights and European peace were grossly violated by Vladimir Putin and the nation of Russia this week.
Editor’s Note

Feb 18, 2022

The “Francis” strip is a three-panel comic that uses a formula familiar to most jokes: Setup, misdirection, punchline.
Jubilee Year 2025 can restore hope after years of pandemic and suffering

Feb 18, 2022

Pope Francis has set in motion the preparations for the Jubilee Year 2025, which he believes “can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire” after two years of pandemic and suffering.
Number of Catholics worldwide rose by 16 million in 2020

Feb 18, 2022

The number of Catholics worldwide increased by an estimated 16 million in 2020 to 1.36 billion, according to statistics released on February 18 by the Vatican.
Editor’s Note

Feb 11, 2022

On Catechetical Sunday, I highlighted the fact that parents are the primary catechists of their children ? preparing the soil and planting the first seeds of faith.
Editor’s Note

Jan 28, 2022

This Sunday we celebrate Catechetical Sunday – where traditionally, catechists are formally commissioned and rededicate themselves to this mission in their parish community.
Editor’s Note

Jan 21, 2022

While we Christians may still be divided on many theological and ecclesiological issues, we are somehow already united in the “ecumenism of blood” and the “ecumenism of charity”.
Editor’s Note

Jan 14, 2022

During his first general audience of 2022, Pope Francis gave a lovely catechesis on St Joseph and adoption. You may have missed it because the Holy Father also made an off-the-cuff comment about how some couples sadly choose to have “dogs and cats take the place of children” in their homes.