You must love your enemy
For most of human history, geography dictated who your community was. While you could gravitate towards like-minded people, necessity dictated that you had to learn to work and cooperate with people different to you to live. PICTURE: Wildpixel/iStockphoto Today we electronically gather with people exactly like ourselves and block anyone different. It sounds like a […]
Catholic Church: Pope Francis attacked cancel culture. It sounds better than “ideological colonisation”.
In a recent speech the Pope revived his criticism of rich countries that force their values on poorer nations, erasing their local cultures and traditions. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports…
Pope on COVID vaccines says healthcare a “moral obligation”
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives during the pandemic. Francis used some of his strongest words yet calling for people to get vaccinated in […]
Essay: The ‘hot response culture’ (why reason and compassion should prevail)
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, reflects on the rise of what he calls ‘hot response culture’ and why there’s a better way forward…