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Fake News: Don’t Lie

The Eighth Commandment admonishes us not to bear false witness — but the sin of lying is becoming more and more easy to commit as our access to means of communications increases. When we spread fake news on social media, blogs or e-mail, we make ourselves complicit in the act of bearing false witness.

Stop the Bullying

Psychologists may cite a range of reasons to explain why some people bully others, but Pope Francis has identified in blunt language the spiritual roots of the harassment of others.

What We Pray for in 2018

As we are getting used to the figure 2018 on our diaries, we are called to pray for the many social and political crises, existing and potential, that afflict our country and the world.

God and Temptation

The secular media and social networks became overexcited again this month about another comment by Pope Francis: this time the Holy Father supposedly proposed to change the Lord’s Prayer.

Let the Christmas Season Begin

In our secularised society, Christmas has long ceased to be mainly the feast of the Nativity of our Lord — if ever the main focus was on the birth of the Prince of Peace. Certainly modern society has adopted a multifarious approach to the event.

Happy Holidays?

Among Christians there is a potent call to “Put Christ Back Into Christmas”, drawing from a slogan that is already several decades old. The obvious implication of it is that, to cite the time-honoured phrase, “Christ is the reason for the season”, and therefore should not be excluded.