Familiar as the words of the Sermon of the Mount may be, the standards that it sets for Christian living continue to pose a radical challenge to followers of Christ. […]
Fr Jack Mahoney looks again at the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s Gospel, describing how the structure of the sermon can help us to understand what Jesus wanted to […]
In this artice, published in Thinking Faith, Jack Mahoney SJ explores the significance of this famous discourse and its place in the moral teaching of Jesus. The moral teaching of […]
Faith, Reason and Politics Pope Benedict XVI observes that today we exist in a secular state for the first time in history which has excluded religion on the grounds […]
The objectivity of Truth and Conscience Pope Benedict XVI speaks much about the interplay between conscience and truth. In a culture that suggests that truth is relative and open […]
The Dangers of Secularism and Relativism[1] Pope Benedict XVI has identified secularism and relativism as twin forces in society that represent a clear threat to the Christian faith and its […]
The Christian Heritage of Scotland and the British Isles. The name Benedict XVI selected for his pontificate has great symbolism. Taken from the Patriarch of Western Monasticism and co-patron saint […]
The Papal visit of 2010, from an educational standpoint, can be reviewed by isolating nine key themes from Pope Benedict’s XVI speeches, homilies and addresses. These capture not only his […]
It is with the immense burden of his office in mind, to protect the integrity and wholeness of the faith for future generations, that he is reassured that he is […]
To understand the style and character of his pontificate it would be better to come to terms with Benedict’s XVI own self-understanding of his purpose and role. He refers to […]