Jesus – A Kingdom Without Frontiers
Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher Produced by Italian TV station RAI, the first two DVDs in this animated series for children...
2005
The fruits of Vatican II
NEXT week the Church will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of one of the most consequential events in...
Morality and death
The Catholic Church administers more than a quarter of the world’s non-governmental activities in response to the HIV/Aids pandemic. According...
A Christ-less Christmas?
Readers may have noted with bemusement a detail in our report last week on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito...
Road to Mid-East peace
A subtle shift in emphasis seems to have taken place in the Holy See’s approach to the question of Israel...
The listening pope
When Pope John Paul II died on April 2, many observers of the Catholic Church identified key areas the new...
The evil that men do
Catholics in South Africa will have noted with shock revelations of sexual abuse by priests of minors. The coverage in...
Laity is making itself heard
The other day I received a copy of a book titled The Catholic Challenge: A Question of Conscience. My eyes—actually,...
The fruits of the Synod of Bishops
THIS month’s Synod of Bishops has shown in how many ways the Eucharist is at the centre of the Church’s...
