Culture & Faith
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Improvised liturgies expose gaps in Pacific liturgical support
Without lectionaries, Pacific dioceses improvise. The Good News Bible is often the only vernacular scripture available. Readers rely on ordos from other countries for references, flipping ahead in their Bibles to find passages for proclamation at Mass, however fragmented they may be.
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Tradition or submission: Tradwives and new media spotlight
The “tradwife” debate is not only about fashion or lifestyle. It touches faith, gender, and culture. With younger generations watching, the Church faces a choice: to embrace diversity of expression or allow tradition to dominate the conversation again.
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Finding culture in Synodality
Every culture will find its own pathways into synodality. What matters is drawing on the strengths of local traditions—fairness, resilience, openness—to shape a style of reform that is both authentic and hopeful. In this way, synodality becomes a global conversation of faith.
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Follow the money
Laudato Si’ insists that human and natural environments affect the vulnerable most severely. The common good, Francis teaches, demands solidarity and countering systems that treat people as expendable in global markets.
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Stories that shape lives
When people share stories of change, they often whisper encouragement. Such stories remind us that life is not fixed; it can shift, grow, and surprise. They open the door to hope and show us how to glimpse possibilities beyond ourselves.
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Beauty, peace, and productivity: Designing spaces that shape us
What makes a space sacred? Reverence, beauty, light, and silence. Could these same qualities transform our home offices into places that nurture both productivity and human dignity?
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The Sistine Chapel’s God isn’t enough today
Can a white, male God creating a white, male Adam still speak to today’s world? Jesus welcomed all—Jews and Gentiles, slaves and free, men and women. Diversity was always part of the divine plan. What if creation looked like all of us?
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