Controversial “Farenheit 9/11” director Michael Moore says America is wrong to celebrate what he regards as an execution of Osama bin Laden. In an interview with Piers Morgan, he said he believed the terror chief should have been put on trial in the U.S., but Americans were too scared. “We’ve lost something of our soul”, Read more
Effectively addressing climate change is a moral imperative according to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The Vatican body has listed numerous examples of glacial decline around the world and the evidence linking that decline to human-caused changes in climate and air pollution. “The widespread loss of ice and snow in the world’s mountain glaciers Read more
According to theologian Hans Kung, the Catholic Church is seriously ill, possibly terminally, and only an honest diagnosis and radical reforms will cure it. Introducing his new book “Can the Church Still Be Saved?”, Kung argues that the malady of the church goes beyond recent sexual abuse scandals. According to him, the church’s resistance to Read more
We are living in a particularly difficult time; there is an undeniable crisis of authority in the Church. It is not a simple problem and instant answers, although desirable, are not possible. Bishop Morris’s resignation highlights one of the Pope’s fundamental roles: to preserve the unity of the Church. He has the task of building bridges between diverse and sometimes opposing groups Read more
Two protest vigils have been held for sacked Queensland bishop, William Morris and some Catholics are threatening to leave the Church as a result of the way the Pope has handled the situation. About 200 people gathered for a quiet prayer session opposite Bishop Morris’s Toowoomba home at Queen’s Park on Tuesday evening, while another Read more
The Vatican’s delegate in Tripoli is calling for a halt to Nato air strikes in Libya and for the West to negotiate with Muammar Qaddafi’s government. Bishop Giovanni Martinelli’s outspoken criticism of the human toll the war is taking has given the impression the Vatican’s longtime apostolic vicar supported Gaddafi’s 42-year regime. That was fueled Read more
President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe told journalists on his return to Harare, that the late John Paul II’s beatification was “fabulous” and “absolutely heavenly”. “It was right that the spiritual honour be given to Pope John Paul II,” Mugabe said. The Vatican waded off a lot of criticism aimed at it for inviting the Zimbabwe Read more
Actors in the longest running television programme, Coronation St, are reportedly concerned about the number of same-sex plot lines. “It’s not a happy place to be at the moment – and there is growing unrest that the show is losing its way,” said one actor who wishes to remain anonymous. The soap, in Britain, currently features Read more
St Pixels, an online 3D church is hosting the first interactive church service on Facebook. “Love it or hate it, Facebook is where people are in 2011,” said St Pixels pioneer Mark Howe in a statement. “If the Gospel is for today’s connected culture, it has to find a distinctive but culturally-appropriate place within social Read more
Is the way the world has reacted to the killing of Osama bin Laden the ultimate victory for the purveyors of terror; its normalisation? What is the most compelling image we have relating to the killing of Osama? “No, not the soon-to-be-released Bin Laden-shot-in-the-head photo (which could become one of the most viewed photographs in Read more