Recent Editorial

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  Refuting the cardinals who oppose the Pope

  Oct 21, 2015

  don’t know what would bring people to say the things that they are saying because we are all hearing the Pope, and the Pope is saying nothing that contradicts the teaching of the Church.

  
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  Doctrinal challenges — How to proceed?

  Oct 15, 2015

  Fr Karl Rahner points us to three ways in determining how we could proceed with doctrinal challenges.

  
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  Communion for remarried divorcees is not the only issue being discussed

  Oct 15, 2015

  After some questions put to Pope Francis by the Synod fathers regarding the working method of the meetings.

  
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  Not winning the Nobel won’t affect Francis as a ‘Peace Pope’

  Oct 15, 2015

  Pope Francis has once again been passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize; it went to a quartet of Tunisian organizations that held the country together.

  
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  The challenge of walking together: Letter raises concern at synod

  Oct 14, 2015

  The synod is supposed to be a process true to the Greek roots of the word meaning "walking together." Perhaps more than a family feud, what happened in mid-October was a family walk. Anyone with a big family -- or even with just a couple very young members -- knows how hard it is to keep everyone moving at the same pace and on the same trail with no arguments over rest stops or detours.

  
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  Conference to mark 50 years since Nostra Aetate

  Oct 14, 2015

  On the 50th anniversary of the conciliar declaration “Nostra Aetate”, on the relationships between the Catholic Church and non-Christian religions. The congress will begin on Monday 26 October with greetings from Fr. Francois-Xavier Dumortier, S.J., rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, and with an introduction by Fr. Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

  
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  Forum: Pope Francis and true mercy

  Oct 14, 2015

  Time and again, commentators, pundits, anchorpersons, and editorialists opined that Pope Francis is the bomb. They approved, of course, of his gentle way with those suffering from disabilities and his proclivity to kiss babies, but their approbation was most often awakened by this Pope's "merciful" and "inclusive" approach, his willingness to reach out to those on the margins.

  
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  Doctrines are not floated down to the Church

  Oct 07, 2015

  If this October is anything like last year’s, the press covering the Synod of Bishops will focus almost exclusively on homosexuality and the possibility of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receiving Holy Communion.

  
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  Family Matters

  Oct 07, 2015

  Last month, Pope Francis surprised the Catholic world with two decrees aimed at streamlining the annulment process in the Church.

  
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  How the Pope used the environment to preach to the UN

  Oct 01, 2015

  Pope Francis, in his lengthy address, urged the assembly to adopt concrete solutions to address the problems of the day: climate change and pollution as well as human problems like poverty, religious persecution, and “economic and social exclusion.”