Recent Editorial

• Liturgical orientation of Pope Francis

  Apr 06, 2015

  We see in Pope Francis someone who continues to live in the grace of the transformation brought about in him by his experience of the depths of Ignatian prayer, and also someone who, through that transformation, brings intimacy and imagination, memory and hope into everything that he does, especially when he celebrates the liturgy.

  

• A Grand Mufti takes extremists to task

  Apr 06, 2015

  On the day that a group of British Muslim scholars today launched an online magazine, Haqiqah, aimed at protecting young Muslims from radicalisation a leading Catholic authority on Islam praises the Grand Mufti who refuted terrorists’ claims to adhere to a pure form of the faith describing it as a major step in the fight against Islamic extremism.

  
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  Liturgy in the Era of a Jesuit Pope

  Mar 26, 2015

  Jorge Mario Bergolio went through the usual Jesuit formation that was expected of him: two years novitiate, studies in history, literature, Latin and Greek, philosophy.

  

• State has duty to protect Christians

  Mar 26, 2015

  Condemning the latest atrocity against Christians in Pakistan, Pope Francis went a step further than earlier expressions of horror and solidarity, heartfelt as those have been.

  

• Reformer Pope and contextual theology

  Mar 20, 2015

  One of the untold stories behind the election of Pope Francis in March 2013 was the emergence of Latin America as the new source Church for global Catholicism.

  
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  Liturgy in the Era of a Jesuit Pope

  Mar 20, 2015

  This is the era of a Jesuit papacy. This has never happened before, and the results have already been dramatic.

  
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  By listening to the poor, mission of Gaudium et Spes lives

  Mar 12, 2015

  By listening to people's suffering, joys and daily endeavors, Catholics bring the vision of the Second Vatican Council to the world, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, told an audience at The Catholic University of America.

  

• Opening the books needs a big lever

  Mar 12, 2015

  Cardinal George Pell was never the most popular man in Australia, not even among his fellow bishops — which means it was extraordinarily shrewd of Pope Francis to put him in charge of the Vatican’s finances.

  
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  Malaysia eighth worst in government curbs on religion

  Mar 06, 2015

  Malaysia has been ranked among the top 10 countries with very high government restrictions on religion, according to the latest findings of US-based think tank Pew Research Center.

  
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  India has highest religious social hostilities: Pew study

  Mar 06, 2015

  India had the highest level of social hostilities involving religion in 2013, while China had the highest level of government restrictions on religious beliefs and practices, according to a new study.