Focus

Food for Thought

Mar 25, 2018

“As we joyfully acclaim our king, let us also think of the sufferings he will have to endure in this week
Pope Francis revitalises Vatican II reforms

Mar 25, 2018

“Only if the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are continued can the Church be saved,” Fr Hans Küng said in the fall of 2012 at a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
Francis invites change, but we are the change

Mar 17, 2018

Popes and bishops are the maintainers of the tradition of the Church. When they move, it is commonly with one eye on the past — the point at which lies safe canonical territory. Only we are the real changers of the Church.
Food for Thought

Mar 16, 2018

God, I am far too often influenced by what others think of me. I am always pretending to be either richer or smarter or nicer than I really am. Please prevent me from trying to attract attention.
Happily humble: Virtue in a competitive world

Mar 16, 2018

Today, with the pervasive tendency to wildly celebrate victories and talents large and small, Jesus' example of humility might seem utterly strange.
How to grow in humility in the social media era this Lent

Mar 16, 2018

Now the popular thing seems to be giving up your social media platform of choice. Perhaps that's merely a reflection of my aging and maturing, or a reflection of the social media dominated "millennial era," of which I find myself right in the middle.
Xinjiang, crosses, domes, statues destroyed: The new 'Sinicized' Cultural Revolution

Mar 08, 2018

Crosses removed from the domes and the tympanum of Yining Church as well as external decorations and crosses, and the Way of the Cross within the church. The same happened at the churches of Manas and Hutubi. The Cross represents "a foreign religious infiltration ". Prayer services forbidden even in private houses under the threat of arrests and re-education. Children and young people forbidden to enter churches. Religious revival frightens the Party.
Deeper issues behind closing Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Mar 08, 2018

The decision to temporarily close the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was the local Christian community’s cry for help, according to the prior of Dormition Abbey, the Benedictine monastery that sits on Mount Zion, just outside the city’s ancient walls.
Food for Thought

Mar 08, 2018

In his 2013 Lenten message, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the relationship between faith and charity.
Abiding in God’s love

Mar 08, 2018

Both the Gospel according to John and the epistle 1 John emphasize God's love for us and state that if we are to have a relationship with God, we must be people who have and show love for others.