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- PHYLLIS ZAGANO
PHYLLIS ZAGANO, adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University, author and former member of the 2016-2018 Pontifical Commission for the Study of Women in the Diaconate, says Pope Francis’ reforms raise the question of reviving the tradition of lay cardinals with women in the mix...
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- JENNIFER R FARMER
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JENNIFER R FARMER, author of 'First and Only: What Black Women Say About Thriving at Work and in Life', says there are clear reasons why our leadership is not performing to the standards we should expect...
Essay: The killing of Father Arsanious Wadid is a reminder more needs to be done to ensure religious equality
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- ELLIS HEASLEY
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says the killing of a Coptic Orthodox priests in Alexandria earlier this month is "just the latest reminder of the continuing persecution of Egypt’s Coptic Christian community"...
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- THOMAS REESE
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article published by Religion News Service, says Christians cannot understand the Eucharist unless they understand the Jewish Passover...
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- TIM COSTELLO
As Easter approaches and the war in Ukraine continues, TIM COSTELLO reflects on the importance of meaning...
Essay: Ukrainian teens’ voices from the middle of war - "You begin to appreciate what was common and boring for you"
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- ALEXANDER MOTYL
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based scholar and novelist ALEXANDER MOTYL looks at what a series of essays written by teenagers in Kyiv reveal about their thoughts on the war in Ukraine...
Essay: Pope Francis apologised for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a Pope’s apology mean?
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- ANNIE SELAK
In the wake of Pope Francis' 1st April apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations from Canada, Catholic theologian ANNIE SELAK - in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the significance of papal apologies...
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- SANDRA JOIREMAN
In an article first published on The Conversation, SANDRA JOIREMAN, Weinstein Chair of International Studies and professor of political science at the University of Richmond, looks at what history shows about people displaced as a result of conflicts...
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- CATHY SMITH, JAYALAXSHMI MISTRY and OL PERKINS
UK-based academics CATHY SMITH, JAYALAXSHMI MISTRY and OL PERKINS - in an article published on The Conversation, say that controlled fire use is an essential part of smallholder farming, hunting and gathering...
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- CHRISTIAN DUSTMANN and IAN PRESTON
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTIAN DUSTMANN and IAN PRESTON provide some tips, drawing on lessons from past crises, to help Europe's response to the wave of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine....
