With so much of humanity sickened in soul and body by greed, self-centred indifference to suffering, inequality, polarisation and violence, Pope Francis has wonderfully seized the moment...
Put your political party, your conservative/liberal leanings, your wallet and your self-interest on the back burner. And instead, vote with a well-formed Catholic conscience – which requires...
Climate change is real; its death and destruction is presently upon us, and it is projected to get much worse if far more aggressive national and international...
Labour Day – a holiday celebrated in many countries, including Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, South Africa (Workers Day), India and the US – is an...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Magliano / Suffering and Pain
by Tony Magliano · Published August 20, 2020
With still no end in sight, the highly infectious, deadly, global novel coronavirus naturally continues to command much of our attention. All of us are vulnerable...
By Tony Magliano – Wars have always caused needless suffering, destruction and death. But 75 years ago, the hell of war reached a new all time immoral low...
Although it is ordinary time in the church year, I think it often feels like Good Friday these days. Don’t you? With all of the immense suffering...
As I write, it is Independence Day in the United States. This American holiday is always accompanied with parades, fireworks, flag waving and a heightened sense of...
Church / Global Issues / Magliano / Peace & Justice / Poverty & Social Justice
by Tony Magliano · Published June 26, 2020
In the Gospel of Matthew, there is a scene where the Pharisees and Sadducees, in their desire to test Jesus, ask him to show them a sign....
Christian Living / Crisis / Ethics & Human Dignity / Magliano / Peace & Justice / Violence
by Tony Magliano · Published June 7, 2020
Last year I was knocked to the ground and pinned down by an assailant who held his hand over my mouth. I cried out, “I can’t breathe!”...
Church / Church History / Church Teaching / Pope John Paul II
by Tony Magliano · Published May 28, 2020
Celebrating the Eucharist at St. Pope John Paul II’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica on the 100th anniversary of the saint’s birth (May 18), Pope Francis said...
While to a certain degree returning to “business as usual” will not likely happen, that does not mean the vast majority of those who hold most of...
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