Opinion

Looking down He saw a mass on the hill of skulls.   He saw the crowd whom He led to life now goading Him to death.   He saw the clacking dice of the soldiers vultures squabbling for the prize.   He saw the seeking sheep who were lost spirits willing against weak flesh.   […]

“Soundings” is a series of essays that, like the waves of a sonogram, explore issues in society, culture and the church in light of the Gospel and Christian understanding. In November 2010, Fr. Christian Mbusa Bakulene and a parish worker were walking to St. John the Baptist Church in Kanyabayonga in the province of North […]

Every day I exchange text messages on various platforms; about a third of my friends on Facebook may “like” a post I put up, and I would “like” their postings. Every day there will be communications for various purposes – I could be teaching in class, then a quick exchange of information with my colleague […]

In golden youth when seems the earth A Summer-land of singing mirth, When souls are glad and hearts are light, And not a shadow lurks in sight, We do not know it, but there lies Somewhere veiled under evening skies A garden which we all must see – The garden of Gethsemane. With joyous steps […]

“All who heard it were amazed.” (Luke 2:18) All who heard the news about Jesus the Child were amazed. When was the last time you were amazed – truly amazed – at somenews? Modern media coverage has made the experience of true amazement very rare these days. It sometimes feels as if there is really […]

Most of us make new resolutions at the beginning of each New Year. The idea is to put the disappointments and failures of the past year behind in the hope that the year ahead will be better. However, I have found meditating on Psalm 90 to be a more meaningful exercise. Written by Moses, Psalm […]

Such matchless faith to abandon all – affluence, estates and patriarchal standing, in Ur of the Chaldees,  to respond to the call  of the Divine to leave for an unnamed destination in the desert lands beyond!   Rising above the tide of opposition  from family, friends and community  who questioned his sanity and better judgement, […]

One of the most disturbing moral fictions in the field of medicine in our time is the so-called neurological criteria for determining death that equate brain death with the death of a human being. This new approach was proposed in 1968 by an Ad Hoc Harvard Medical School Committee as a supplement to the traditional […]

For each of us, the foundation is laid and the cornerstone has been our Lord Jesus Christ. Take heed how we build thereupon. It is that season of the year again! As we come to the close of yet another 12 months, is it time to sigh and sigh deeply? And was that tremor a […]

Striding into Jerusalem on camel back three seers, of royal lineage, steeped in the language of the stars, and of their encoded messages, who were startled one evening to see in the prime quarter of a galaxy, a new star, a diadem of purest light outshining all the starry community, proclaiming the birth of a […]

Over the years we have witnessed relentless attempts, both blatant and subtle, to change the Christmas story for a revisionist world bent on taking political-correctness to the extreme. Despite such attempts, faithful Christians following the teachings of the church know that Christmas is about God reaching out in love to the world and offering His precious […]

The recently-concluded Synod on the Family (4 – 25 October), a historic meeting of 270 bishops from around the world at the Vatican, published a report on some of the most controversial issues surrounding marriage, divorce and sexuality after three weeks of “rich and lively dialogue”. Pope Francis convened this summit in order to “open […]