Recent Editorial

Fear and loathing in Hong Kong

Jul 04, 2020

A climate of fear and confusion descended upon Hong Kong almost immediately after Beijing’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee took just 15 minutes to sign off on the biggest changes to the territory since the handover from Great Britain 23 years ago on July 1.
COVID-19 and the Clerical Church

Jun 27, 2020

If there’s something positive to have emerged from these many months of pandemic, it’s the constructive thinking going on about what it might mean for the Catholic Church. There’s a kind of collective and individual self-examination underway, perhaps exemplified best by Czech theologian Tomas Halik, who is a psychotherapist by training.
Viral biology and interconnected reality

Jun 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically changed the way Americans live, both individually and collectively.
Southeast Asia keeps COVID-19 in check

Jun 20, 2020

Unlike in Europe, North America, Russia, Brazil and, recently India, the COVID-19 pandemic has applied the brakes to its killing spree in Southeast Asia.
Pope Francis soldiers on with his mission to reform the Vatican Curia

Jun 20, 2020

Rome has started to buzz again, as residents of the Eternal City eagerly look for ways to return to some semblance of life as it was before the coronavirus caused it to shut down for nearly three months.
Retired pope Benedict travels to Germany to visit his sick brother

Jun 20, 2020

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93 years old, travelled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, Msgr Georg Ratzinger, who is 96.
The Vatican and the post-pandemic world order

Jun 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic will have an impact on the world order and international relations, and of course also on the Catholic Church.
Imagining the Church of tomorrow

Jun 14, 2020

A woman candidate for the archbishop of Lyon! Anne Soupa’s provocative declaration has Catholics talking. Some supporters are infuriated or consider it inappropriate.
A promising roadmap for ecclesial reform

Jun 07, 2020

In response to the Royal Commission Report, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) instituted the Governance Review Project Team (GRPT). This team was tasked with crafting, “in light of Catholic ecclesiology,” a comprehensive response to the Royal Commission's critique of church governance.
Australian bishops’ report advocates major changes to Church governance

Jun 07, 2020

A new report commissioned by Australia's bishops and religious orders recommends a series of radical changes to the way the Catholic Church operates across the country, tackling issues as far-ranging as women's inclusion in decision-making roles and the Vatican's opaque process for making episcopal appointments.