During the hours and days that followed the attack on the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, people around the world were suddenly Parisian, resolutely defying forces that would have humanity cower in fear and descend into chaos so that extremists might impose their misguided solution du jour. Suddenly, the whole world professed to be…

Jesus’ entry into the ancient city of Jerusalem, the event that inaugurates what we have come to call Holy Week, takes on particular significance for many people in this time of threatening uncertainty and the anxiety, even anguish, to which it gives rise. The procession, celebrated with palms and jubilation, barely masks a mood of…

Nous entendons souvent ces jours-ci l’expression “retourner à la normale.” J’avoue l’avoir utilisée moi-même. Cette expression fait preuve d’angoisse par rapport à ce que l’on vit actuellement. Un fléau, un mal subit. Le virus nous effraie. En même temps les moyens que nous prenons pour l’éviter chamboule tout. Notre travail, nos loisirs, nos relations, notre…

During most of human history, there was no need for inter-religious dialogue. Men and women spent their entire lives in largely homogeneous societies with little or no interest in other cultures, lifestyles and religions. Today, we live in a pluralistic environment in which we must interact with strangers for our livelihood and survival. A timid…