Letter to the Editor: Teach mindfulness meditation in religion class

In Bishop Cullinane’s letter to schools in his parish, the Christian methods of prayer and meditation on Christ are offered as paths to freedom, but all others are dismissed, by referencing a homily by the Pope. This is problematic; an authority figure’s words no longer impress like they used to, when we have easy access to higher education and almost all information sitting on a device in our pockets.

Also, by using the term “Christ” the church’s representatives seem to claim that realisation of the divine can only be achieved by Christians; God won’t help you if you were born in Syria or Thailand or anywhere else outside of their reach, let alone our ancestors who lived before Christ.