Editorials 2005

AS we enter a new year, we pause to reflect on the often dramatic 2005 which brought changes, trauma and some graces. For Catholics, it was the...

Forty years ago, the Second Vatican Council decreed that everyone has an inviolable right to religious freedom. In the declaration Dignitatis humanae, the council fathers finally repudiated...

GUEST CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL BY FR EMIL BLASER OP It is a fact that most people expect a Christmas box at Christmastime. What on earth for? Nothing could...

After years of leaks, hints and speculation, the Vatican’s instruction on the admission of homosexual men to the priesthood has finally been released. The unwieldily titled “Instruction...

NEXT week the Church will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of one of the most consequential events in Catholic history: the Second Vatican Council, or...

The Catholic Church administers more than a quarter of the world’s non-governmental activities in response to the HIV/Aids pandemic. According to one expert in the field, of...

Readers may have noted with bemusement a detail in our report last week on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.

A subtle shift in emphasis seems to have taken place in the Holy See’s approach to the question of Israel and the aspirations of Palestinians.

When Pope John Paul II died on April 2, many observers of the Catholic Church identified key areas the new pope would face. These included such issues...

Catholics in South Africa will have noted with shock revelations of sexual abuse by priests of minors. The coverage in the secular press, radio and television will...