Kellyscope: An eBook containing 15 columns about issues related to the Church and society told from a unique perspective by Jesuit Father Michael Kelly, who is a media professional with 40 years of experience.

For 10 years he led Asia’s leading Catholic media organization — UCA News — and he is currently the English-language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical La Civilta Cattolica.

He regularly writes columns about issues related to the Church and society from a unique perspective. Here, we present some of his most read articles published in UCA News.

In “Back to the future — governance in the Catholic Church,” the author says right now we are presented with the challenge and opportunity to take a larger part in setting the course and managing the conduct of the Church.

Father Kelly’s article “Religion takes center stage in politics again” discusses about how religions are reduced to the level of competing ideologies and how these ideologies function as a trigger for conflicts.

“What China can learn from the Vatican in handling Hong Kong” highlights that the way Pope Francis is governing the Catholic Church is in complete contrast to the way Chinese President Xi Jinping has operated. China and the Vatican can appear to be polar opposites as they generally take contrasting views on many world issues.

In the article “Understanding challenges the church in Asia faces,” Father Kelly says the challenges and divisions facing the churches of Asia are far more obvious and much more complex than a simple political analysis will reveal.