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...
Author: Tony Magliano
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,...
Pope’s New Encyclical – A Roadmap To Live As One Human Family
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...
The Moral Necessity of Voting with a Well-formed Catholic Conscience
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...
Record Wildfires, Hurricanes, Droughts – We Need The ‘Season Of Creation’
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...
