For atheists, death is the only point of life – that is Christianity’s great...
Death is in the air. To be more specific, it is on the air waves. I turned on the car radio last week to hear a recording of a speech that the late Steve Jobs, co-founder and chief executive of the...
View ArticleDoes Catholicism cause wars? Not if it is true Catholicism
There is a thought-provoking piece by Andrew Brown over at the Guardian about religion and violence, and the connection between the two. You can read the whole thing here. This is a big subject and one...
View Article‘Intolerance in Indonesia is becoming mainstream’
Earlier this summer, I spent a month travelling around Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and third-largest democracy. It is a nation with much to celebrate, particularly its...
View ArticlePope Francis meets Aung San Suu Kyi in Rome
Pope Francis met with Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Monday for what the Vatican called a “rather significant encounter” between two leaders “fundamentally...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s not-so-tranquil Buddhists
Last year the satirical news site The Onion published a story about Buddhist extremism. Its headline read: “Extremist cell vows to unleash tranquillity on the West.” It described a video posted online...
View ArticlePope makes unscheduled stop at Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka
Pope Francis changed his schedule at the last minute earlier today to visit a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka’s capital where relics were being put on display. The opening of a casket containing relics of...
View ArticleHow does a Christian respond to Sam Harris?
I have been reading Sam Harris’s Waking Up, published by Transworld Publishers, and according to the cover, “The New York Times bestseller”. This does not surprise me, given that the subtitle is...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 09/08/16
Three new Iraqi priests have been ordained at a refugee camp in Erbil. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has reportedly said that Buddhism should have “foremost place” in the Sri Lankan constitution (Sri Lankan...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s president praises the Church for helping the poor
Sri Lanka’s president has praised the work of the Catholic Church in helping the poor and underprivileged. President Maithripala Sirisena also thanked Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith for his advice in...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 06/09/17
Pope Francis begins his five-day visit to Colombia today. Archbishop Socrates Villegas has urged priests in the Philippines to preach fearlessly even if “the government is hostile”. The Black Madonna...
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