Recent Editorial

• Family violence more complex than sexual abuse

  Aug 21, 2015

  How appalling and complex is the reality of family violence ..

  
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  Today’s Slaves

  Aug 06, 2015

  The Vatican’s gardens are lush. Palm trees create a canopy unique to that part of the world, marble buildings punctuate the landscape, often at unexpected turns, and it is not unusual to see members of the papal staff or cardinals scurrying about, either hurrying off to a meeting or pacing in deep reflection amid the quiet surroundings.

  

• Gospels must point way on gay issues

  Aug 06, 2015

  Can Pope Francis hold the Catholic Church together on the issue of homosexuality? A group of leading African bishops has already begun to organise itself to fight changes to the traditional Catholic stance, which regards the homosexual condition as “disordered,” and homosexual acts as gravely sinful.

  
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  An elusive integral ecology

  Jul 31, 2015

  At the conceptual heart of the encyclical Laudato Si’ lies the term integral ecology.

  

• Pope must resist right-wing assaults

  Jul 31, 2015

  Two counter-narratives are developing in the Catholic Church designed to neutralise some of the more trenchant teachings of Pope Francis.

  

• Post-sanctions Iran will be force for stabilty

  Jul 31, 2015

  Iran’s agreement with five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, dubbed P5+1, in Vienna over its nuclear programme has been widely seen a major diplomatic breakthrough.

  

• To fight human trafficking — one of Pope Francis’ core commitments

  Jul 23, 2015

  An upcoming conference being held at the Vatican, examining the link between climate change and human trafficking, is a reflection of the importance that ending modern slavery holds for Pope Francis, according to one of its organizers.

  

• The different audiences at Mass

  Jul 23, 2015

  In a practical, bullet-pointed letter to priests and deacons, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit spelled out the types of people who attend Mass, and how clergy can best speak to them.

  

• Pope on the economy of the people

  Jul 23, 2015

  The Pope’s visit to Latin America came as a breath of fresh air.

  

• Let men and women be judged equally

  Jul 10, 2015

  The acceptance among many Muslim men and women of restrictive Islamic clothing is a conundrum that was raised again recently when London’s The Guardian published a video in which a British student, Hanna Yusuf, declared her hijab to be NOT an instrument of oppression but rather, a feminist statement.