Recent Editorial

Pope Francis: Amazon synod was for discernment, not for fighting about married priests

Sep 05, 2020

Pope Francis did not approve a proposal to ordain married men in the Amazon region because the idea was discussed, and even argued about, but not prayerfully discerned at a 2019 synod of bishops, according to notes from the pope included in an article published Thursday in the Catholic periodical La Civiltà Cattolica.
Philippines joins global Christian effort to save nature

Sep 05, 2020

The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) has helped launch this year’s Season of Creation with an appeal to Catholics to renew their relationship with God and all creation.
“Disruptive innovation”

Aug 29, 2020

Understanding this current change will require a more sophisticated concept of Church as people in God and worship as people in God at prayer writes F
Faith in the era of coronavirus

Aug 29, 2020

The coronavirus crisis is raising challenges and questions in all areas of life. It is no exception in the realm of religion and faith.
Every religion has its truth?

Aug 22, 2020

Christians proclaim Christ as “the Way, the Truth and the Life”. But how should we look at other religious traditions? “What is truth?” Pilate asked Jesus (Jn 18:38).
Accountability, responsibility and the blame game

Aug 22, 2020

Accountability is a necessary part but only one part of responding to a crisis. Any complete response includes four elements: accountability, reflection, responsibility and praise or blame. Not only the presence but the order between these elements is important.
Many hypotheses but no answers

Aug 15, 2020

It is two weeks since the explosions that devastated the port and a large part of Beirut, yet there is still no news on the results of the official investigation that was launched on August 5. Authorities promised that the results would be published after five days.
North Korea’s Pyongyang Diocese dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima

Aug 15, 2020

The Diocese of Pyongyang, North Korea, is to be dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
New guide explains hidden ministry of exorcism

Aug 15, 2020

One kind of ministry, by its nature but also by Church mandate, shuns the limelight and remains discreet: exorcism.
The world embraces Beirut, ending Lebanon’s isolation

Aug 08, 2020

August fourth’ horrific explosions, which hit half of Lebanon’s capital, took place in a country hitherto under regional and global isolation with a government scorned by the international community, suffering from rampant corruption, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of the embargo on Syria.