Good Friday: Jesus Suffers With the World
Pope Francis has often urged us to prayerfully meditate before the crucifix. Because by prayerfully meditating before the crucifix, one can see and begin to understand the...
Author: Tony Magliano
Lent’s Radical Call to Each Person and Every Nation
“Repent and believe in the Gospel” – the call we received from Christ on Ash Wednesday – is a radical call, the most important call we will...
They Need Us, And We Need Them!
They are deadbeats who want free benefits from our country. They are taking our jobs. They are dangerous criminals who are hurting our people and our country....
Let Us Venture Together From Darkness Into The Light
On Ash Wednesday, with dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, we were each invited to call to mind that this mortal body, this earthly life, is passing...
Slavery in the 21st Century
Slavery ended in the 19th century, right? Wrong. It’s an easy enough mistake to make. After all, the end of America’s civil war and the Thirteenth Amendment...
President Biden: ‘Build Back Better’ for everyone, everywhere
US-based Tony Magliano – With all the bumps and craters in the road to the White House, Joe Biden has finally arrived. The new president’s “Build Back...
Reflections on Pope Francis’ 2021 World Day of Peace message
If ever there was a time to unleash the Catholic Church’s “secret weapon,” it’s now! This nonviolent weapon if consistently used would have tremendous power to neutralise...
Proclaim ‘Good News of Great Joy’!
The commercialism of Christmas can easily tempt us to become spiritually sidetracked. A barrage of commercials tries to sell the illusion that buying more things will bring...
Advent: And So We Wait
Waiting is a natural part of life. But it’s often hard to wait. And in our modern world which pampers us in so many ways with instant...
The Economy of Francis – of Both Saint and Pope
The world – and especially the poor – needs a national and global economy that justly and fairly works for everyone. The hungry, homeless, unemployed, underemployed, refugees...
After elections what next? Let the Gospel lead the way!
According to the Jesuit review America, the Associated Press VoteCast declared that 50 percent of Catholics backed Trump, while 49 percent voted for Biden. Many Catholics, like...
Saints! What Our Suffering World Needs Most of All
More than anything else the world needs saints! And that is exactly what God is urging you and me to become. Not next week, not next month,...
