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Are we truly aware of the rich theological resources that open up when we respond – perhaps unthinkingly, automatically and habitually – to the priest’s greeting Dominus vobiscum (The Lord be with you) with the customary formula Et cum spiritu tuo (And with your spirit)? The extraordinary beauty inherent in this brief...
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Tomáš Halík’s ‘The Afternoon of Christianity’....
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-81) is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His works portray the unfathomable mystery of the human being, poised between good and evil. The great ethical and religious questions – such as free will and the existence of God – are at the...
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Every Lent we accompany Jesus into the desert. Lent is not something we enjoy, but it is the best way for us to return to God. To re-convert. To practice metanoia. Jesus leads us down from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea: the lowest place on earth, 400 metres below...
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Often, we are genuinely sorry for our sins, but it does not always lead to a change of ways in that we continue to confess the same old sins over and over again....
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Modernity’s obsession with the rational individual, Francis insists, has distorted a more holistic understanding of the human person....
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Pope Francis meets with participants in an international conference at the Pontifical Lateran University discussing the future of theology and invites theologians to develop a creative and inclusive approach to theology rooted in faith to make it relevant in today’s society marred by ideology and polarisation....
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Shai Held’s newest book has all the makings of an instant classic....
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At the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Eucharist he chose to use two elements, bread and wine. The images are now so deeply ingrained in our consciousness that we never stop to ask, why bread and wine?...
Are we truly aware of the rich theological resources that open up when we respond – perhaps unthinkingly, automatically and habitually – to the priest’s greeting Dominus vobiscum (The Lord be with you) with the customary formula Et cum spiritu tuo (And with your spirit)? The extraordinary beauty inherent in this brief...
Tomáš Halík’s ‘The Afternoon of Christianity’....
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-81) is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His works portray the unfathomable mystery of the human being, poised between good and evil. The great ethical and religious questions – such as free will and the existence of God – are at the...
Every Lent we accompany Jesus into the desert. Lent is not something we enjoy, but it is the best way for us to return to God. To re-convert. To practice metanoia. Jesus leads us down from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea: the lowest place on earth, 400 metres below...
Often, we are genuinely sorry for our sins, but it does not always lead to a change of ways in that we continue to confess the same old sins over and over again....
Modernity’s obsession with the rational individual, Francis insists, has distorted a more holistic understanding of the human person....
Pope Francis meets with participants in an international conference at the Pontifical Lateran University discussing the future of theology and invites theologians to develop a creative and inclusive approach to theology rooted in faith to make it relevant in today’s society marred by ideology and polarisation....
Shai Held’s newest book has all the makings of an instant classic....
At the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Eucharist he chose to use two elements, bread and wine. The images are now so deeply ingrained in our consciousness that we never stop to ask, why bread and wine?...