The Conscience and Martin Luther
What is our conscience? Do we make it up? Does it come from our parents? Our Laws? Or is our...
Anthony Egan
Reflection for 1st Sunday in Lent
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted...
The ‘Other Half’ of the Church
As you may have guessed from the headline this article addresses the subject of women and Vatican II. If Church...
The Martyr’s Progress
By Fr Anthony Egan SJ –Â On March 24, 1980, a great, holy man was martyred. Oscar Romero, the Catholic archbishop...
Reflecting on Lent and 20 years of democracy
As Christians preparing for Easter, the Lenten season offers us a time to reflect on our own faith — our...
Remodelling the Church
In the song “A New Argentina” from the Lloyd Webber/Rice musical Evita, the generals sing: “We face the world together...
How to communicate well
Sometimes it seems that we never forgave Gutenberg for inventing his printing press! Though the Church has engaged with various...
Religious orders after Vatican II
Religious life, it is said, is in crisis. And, some say, it’s Vatican II that caused all the trouble! Let’s...
How the bishops’ job descriptions changed
Many years ago I read a book titled Bishops – But What Kind? It was a collection of essays by Catholic, Orthodox,...
