Commentary

On reconciling differences

Whether compassionate or passionate, love leaps across the chasms and bridges the differences of hate

Finding hope through a cloud of despair

Placing trust in God can help weather the storm in dark and bleak times

Are German Catholics pushing for divisive reformation?

The Vatican will not make things easy for German bishops to achieve what they want for the country's 22.6 million Catholics

Catholics displaced amid Islamist protests in Pakistan

Khadim Rizvi may be gone but his legacy will continue among those who hate diversity and prefer violent narratives

No hiding place: Myanmar refugees face arrest in Thailand

People fearing violence in Myanmar are now caught between a rock and a hard place

Letter from Rome: Lunch with Hans Küng

A personal memory of a day spent at the theologian's Tübingen home on the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council

A charming dissident: Hans Küng and China

The Swiss theologian and co-author Julia Ching shared a bitterness about the injustice they suffered from the Church

India faces reckoning as pandemic spirals out of control

The nation of 1.3 billion is going to be more economically unequal, socially unstable and geopolitically challenged after Covid-19

Why are 'meek' Asians attacked in the US?

While Asians in the US are not strangers to hate crimes, attacks on them have risen by more than 150 percent

Malaysian politicians embrace Easter spirit to call for national unity

The redemptive spirit of the Christian holiday can serve as a focal point of interfaith amity

Chinese 'patriots' applaud as Hong Kong court convicts seven democracy advocates

The former British colony's 'father of democracy' and a Catholic media tycoon are among those to be sentenced

Easter in Lent: a homily for 2021

Today is the day to remember that even when other things are taken from us, the Resurrection is not taken out of our lives

Corpses float in India's holy river amid Covid-19 crisis

Indian Catholics back pope's new ministry for catechists

Terrorists kill four Christian farmers in Indonesia

UN calls on ASEAN to show its teeth over Myanmar crisis

Cries of racism after Indonesia arrests Papuan leader

China's repression sparks exodus from Hong Kong to Taiwan