Recent Editorial

Pope Francis suggests translation change to the ‘Our Father’

Dec 15, 2017

Pope Francis thinks the Church should tweak the translation of the “Our Father” to clear up the confusion around the phrase “lead us not into temptation.”
Trump’s de facto ambassador to the Vatican is already busy at work

Dec 15, 2017

Trump’s de facto ambassador to the Vatican is already busy at work
Pope receives the grace of Rohingya shame

Dec 08, 2017

The visits of Pope Francis to both Myanmar and Bangladesh underwrite just how much the Catholic Church in many parts of Asia has changed.
Pope Francis, diplomatic prophet in Myanmar

Dec 08, 2017

Prior to visiting Myanmar, the Pope was urged by human rights activists to condemn the murder, rape and ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar military.
Parenting versus Teen Privacy

Dec 08, 2017

Despite the teenagers insistence to the contrary, teens aren’t entitled to privacy in the same way as adults, and how much privacy you allow depends on each child.
Pope: Ideological colonization is 'blasphemy' that leads to persecution

Dec 02, 2017

On Tuesday, Pope Francis blasted what he has often referred to as “ideological colonization,” which he said is a sin against God that leads to persecution.
What brings a Jesuit pope to Asia?

Dec 02, 2017

One of the biggest influences on Pope Francis remains relatively unexplored — Pedro Arrupe, the Superior General of the Jesuits who appointed Jorge Be
A political minefield in Myanmar

Dec 02, 2017

Pope Francis had stepped carefully through a political minefield when he visited Myanmar from Nov. 27-30. This majority-Buddhist state with 52 million inhabitants is on an uphill road to full democracy because the military, which ruled for 60 years, still holds the balance of power.
Pope urges Priests to develop ‘spirituality of communion’: Diocesan priests should be united by “a spirituality of communion”

Nov 25, 2017

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” (Psalm 133,1). These verses of the psalm go well after the words of Msgr. Magrin, impassioned president of the International Confederation Apostolic Union of Clergy.
Trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh may test Francis' diplomatic skills

Nov 25, 2017

Pope Francis will undertake one of the most overtly political foreign visits of his papacy in late November, traveling to the Catholic minority countries of Myanmar and Bangladesh as global attention has been drawn to majority Buddhist Myanmar's persecution of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims.