The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.