Recent Editorial

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  Revisit Laudato Si’ to prepare for Pope’s new document on ecology

  Sep 15, 2023

  Francis calls us to “broaden our vision,” to expand our way of thinking beyond the limitations of economic and technological development at any cost.

  
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  The synod — and a sign of the times

  Sep 08, 2023

  It is proverbial wisdom that ‘One picture is worth a thousand words.’ That is certainly true of the picture below –— it is worth many thousands of words as we approach the synod in October. Dare I say it - it is worth a thousand of the numbered statements in Denzinger!

  
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  A call to resolve Ernakulam-Angamal liturgical conflict

  Sep 08, 2023

  Kerala is known as God’s Own Country and visitors are invariably impressed by its beauty and splendour. Diversity marks all aspects of life in Kerala. Varieties of landscape and cuisine, cultures and religions, occupations and trades, thoughts and opinions make it unique.

  
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  Sydney’s a Church of millennials

  Aug 25, 2023

  As hundreds of Sydney pilgrims concluded their World Youth Day adventure, a new analysis has shown the Archdiocese of Sydney is unique among Australia’s metropolitan sees for having retained Millennial and Gen Z adults.

  
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  If the synod isn’t a parliament, voting should be dropped

  Aug 25, 2023

  Pope Francis keeps repeating that the upcoming synod is not a parliament. For him, the synod is not a forum for competing positions to debate each other with a goal of developing new policies or effecting structural changes in the Church.

  
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  Youth not asking ‘Is there space?’ but ‘Why bother?’

  Aug 18, 2023

  For an entire generation of young people — some of them misfits and some cool kids, some convinced Catholics but also plenty of folks on the fence and free-spirited seekers — Pope Francis at the recent World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal, had a clear answer: “Yes, there is room for all of you

  
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  Pope to priests of Rome: I am on the journey with you

  Aug 18, 2023

  “I am close to you in your joys and sufferings, thank you for your often unrecognised service,” Pope Francis writes in a letter to the priests of his Diocese, while warning them against spiritual worldliness that “hides behind appearances of religiosity and love for the Church, but in reality consis

  
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  Conference president reflects on his new role, responsibility

  Aug 18, 2023

  In July, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei (CBCMSB) met for their bi-annual plenary assembly during which they elected a new president — Archbishop Julian Leow Beng Kim of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, succeeding the outgoing president, Cardinalelect Sebastian Franci

  
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  10 years ago, Pope Francis shook up the church, Now he’s cementing his legacy

  Aug 11, 2023

  When Pope Francis made the first foreign trip of his papacy, to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day (WYD) in 2013, he urged young people to make a “mess” in their local churches, to shake things up even if it ruffled the feathers of their bishops.

  
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  World Youth Days test the limits of ageing popes

  Aug 11, 2023

  At a press conference just hours after Pope Francis underwent a surprise hernia operation in June, an immediate concern was whether the 86-year-old would be cleared to travel to Portugal in August for World Youth Day (WYD).