Recent Editorial

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  Violent anti-choice rhetoric must end, or anti-abortion violence never will

  Nov 30, 2015

  Words matter. When we dehumanize people – when we call them demons, monsters, and murderers – we make it easier for others to do them harm.

  
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  How We Forgot the Poverty of Christmas

  Nov 30, 2015

  We believe in Christmas gatherings, Christmas shopping, and Christmas recitals, of course, and even Christmas outreach events and Christmas acts of ch

  
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  Vatican’s foolish response to leaks

  Nov 27, 2015

  The Vatican appears to be responding from the wrong playbook to the leaking of confidential documents. It is acting like a state rather than a church.

  
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  It’s not just Paris

  Nov 26, 2015

  As an evil slime spreads over so much of the world, we stare in amazement.

  
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  The dark days are coming

  Nov 26, 2015

  When the Islamic State issued its latest aspirational map in August, there was an inherent warning for East Asia.

  
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  Terror, not war

  Nov 26, 2015

  It is important to remember that the Paris attacks are not a war. These acts are terrorist acts.

  
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  We should not fear Syrian refugees

  Nov 25, 2015

  I want to commend to you the cited Baltimore Sun editorial on whether or not to accept Syrian refugees into the United States.

  
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  Pope is readying Catholic Church for the ‘change of era’

  Nov 20, 2015

  Pope Francis wants a Church that is merciful, compassionate and, “to have the face of a mother, who understands, accompanies, caresses”.

  
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  Pope’s concept of a synodal Church must be put into practice

  Nov 20, 2015

  The Pope’s concept of a synodal Church, which Francis outlined in his address on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Synod of Bishops on Oct 17, must be put into practice, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, the president of the German bishops’ conference, has emphasized.

  
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  Catholics should stay calm, Pope Francis is not pressing for general Protestant admission to Communion

  Nov 19, 2015

  Pope Francis recently spoke to the Lutheran community of Rome and addressed a question about Lutherans with Catholic spouses receiving Communion.