Why There’s No Joy in Schadenfreude
At first I thought Tiffany Watt Smith’s little book Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another Misfortune addressed the weirdest of topics...
Perspectives
Fr Chris Townsend: Let’s Talk About Money
The question of “sacraments for sale” is a sensitive one — and Fr Chris Townshend is trying to make sense...
Baptism of the Lord Reflection
As we look upon the life of Jesus we see total coherence; there is an alignment between will, intention, word...
A Crisis of the Heart and a Crisis of the Soul
Blaming huge numbers of violent killings, assaults, sex crimes and drug overdoses on undocumented immigrants, President Donald Trump in his...
World Youth Days in the 1990s
On January 22, 2019, World Youth Day will be held in Panama City. In last week’s first part of his...
The Worst-Ever Pope?
Pope Francis, the American Facebook commenter pronounced with a certainty that permitted no dissent, “is the worst pope of all...
Ephiphany of the Lord Reflection
We live in a world full of mystery and paradox. Life, death, love, suffering and time itself move within our...
Flashbacks to World Youth Days Past
On January 22, 2019, World Youth Day will be held in Panama City. Over the next few weeks, Günther SImmermacher...
Star Trekking to Planet Employment
I must say, 2018 has been a wild year. There is much that I have learned about myself and about...
