St. Pope John Paul II, in his powerful encyclical letter “Evangelium Vitae” (“The Gospel of Life”), challengingly said “How can we fail to consider the violence against life done to millions of human beings,...
It’s good, it’s wise and it sounds so nice: “Season of Creation” – a time for us to stop taking the wonderful God-given gift of creation for granted. A time to wake up...
You probably remember where you were on Sept. 11, 2001. The day when 19 hijackers commandeered four airliners to strike the World Trade Center’s Twin Tower buildings in New York City, the Pentagon in...
Crisis / Human Rights / Justice & Peace / Magliano / Youth
by Tony Magliano · Published August 24, 2019 · Last modified September 3, 2019
For millions of working children worldwide, the adventures of school year remain but a dream. Sadly, these children will never learn to read or write. They will not acquire computer skills. They will...
Dealing With Life / Death / Global Issues / Magliano / Violence
by Tony Magliano · Published August 12, 2019
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an ongoing epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. As of Aug. 5,...
Many of us are not fond of seeing animals in cages. But when desperate human beings – especially children – who have trekked the gruelling, dangerous journey mainly from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras...
If you were at least 10-years-old on July 20, 1969, you will surely remember that your eyes were glued to a black and white television set watching what no eyes had ever seen before....
US-based Tony Magliano looks at his country’s birthday – July 4th, Independence Day – and sees that sometimes slogans and rose-coloured glasses don’t make a country great… A birthday is naturally a time to...
The Catholic Church has a very big secret. It is so powerful, challenging and relevant, that if every bishop, priest, religious and layperson was committed to communicating and implementing this secret, it would turn...
Christian Living / Ethics & Human Dignity / Human Rights / Magliano
by Tony Magliano · Published June 3, 2019
“The signs of meanness we see around us heighten our fear of ‘the other,’ the unknown, the marginalised, the foreigner,” and thus many migrants seeking a better life end up as recipients of this...
Flag waving and military parades are synonymous with Memorial Day. It is a day of intense nationalism – highlighting a perceived need for military strength. But there is a far better way for us...
“The persecution of Christians is today worse than at any time in history,” says Aid to the Church in Need – a papal charity – in its report on oppressed Christians titled “Persecuted and...
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