Recent Editorial

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  Interfaith peacemakers cannot remain neutral on Gaza

  Feb 23, 2024

  The ongoing conflict in Gaza is approaching its fifth month, marked by relentless and devastating bombardment.

  
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  Christians cannot turn a blind eye to Holy Land violence

  Feb 23, 2024

  Those who profess to be followers of Jesus Christ are one in three people on earth. We must raise our voices against the violence ravaging the land where He was born.

  
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  In Gaza, the trauma of an entire generation

  Feb 23, 2024

  Crammed inside a leaking blue tarp in the middle of the courtyard of a UNRWA primary school in Rafah are a family of eight — Amal Abu Hajar, a teacher at the Catholic School of the Rosary Sisters in Gaza, her husband, and their six children.

  
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  Will Artificial Intelligence change the way we practice our faith?

  Feb 02, 2024

  Pope Francis shares concerns about the broader implications of AI in the realm of communication in his recently released message for the 58th World Day of Social Communications.

  
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  Unity, challenge of the Church

  Jan 27, 2024

  By 2024, the Catholic Church faces a particular challenge: unity. Which is still, to a certain extent, traumatic, since unity is a gift of the Spirit and is realized in the celebration of the mass of the priests in communion with their bishop and of the bishops in communion with the Pope.

  
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  What’s stopping the Church from embracing synodality?

  Jan 27, 2024

  In various places, the synthesis report of the first session of the Synod on Synodality speaks of what is at the heart of synodality

  
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  Close to those who suffer

  Jan 19, 2024

  We are not neutral. We stand by the side of the many Palestinians who have died under the rubble of Gaza, 10,000 of whom are children. We stand by the side of the innocents killed in the kibbutzim on October 7 and the Israeli hostages. We stand, with full conviction, on one side: that of the victims and those who suffer.

  
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  Join me to unite our fractured world

  Jan 19, 2024

  Sunday, January 14th, is 100 days since my only son, Hersh, was stolen from me. Hersh is a civilian who was attending a music festival. Before being abducted, his arm was blown off at the elbow. He is a dual US-Israeli citizen.

  
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  Could this be the year of a spiritual revival?

  Jan 12, 2024

  Feared by some and cherished by others, religion could be a force for unity or a new source of division in this new year of 2024.

  
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  Pope Francis in 2024: The synod, health concerns, the China deal and more

  Jan 12, 2024

  Pope Francis is looking ahead to the Jubilee Year 2025 as “a pilgrim of hope”.