Gaza
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From Gaza to Heaven: One church
The Communion of Saints is not a tidy diagram of heavenly categories, but a living, breathing mystery. The boundaries are porous. Those struggling in war zones or poverty share something real with the canonised. All are caught up in one story of grace.
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When power writes the peace
The Gaza plan bears the handwriting of the powerful: America’s interests, Israel’s security, Gaza’s disarmament. Its language of goodwill hides the imbalance beneath. True peace will depend not on signatures, but on the justice that follows.
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Ten takeaways from Pope Leo’s first interviews
Pope Leo XIV’s first interviews reveal a leader who listens carefully yet holds firm lines. Women leaders will be promoted, but ordination to the diaconate is not on the table. LGBTQ Catholics are welcomed in Pope Leo XIV’s Church, but doctrine on sexuality and marriage remains unchanged.
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Starving children in Gaza and the pro-life movement?
Children suffer bombings, amputations, and starvation? Why are their lives not defended with the same passion? The absence of protest in the face of these horrors raises an uncomfortable question.
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The fragile gains of global progress
The world’s poorest are being asked to bear the cost of a system rigged against them. With declining development aid and rising debt repayments, hope is fading fast for millions whose lives are treated as disposable.
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