Paul KeenanA Franciscan priest has gone on trial in the town of Split charged with defrauding the Church of €1.3 million through an illegal sale of property. Fr Sime Nimac is accused of working with a bank employee, Jasna Bilonic, allegedly his lover, in creating a scheme by which funds gained from the illicit sale of…
Month: January 2014
Vatican expert joins The Boston Globe
John Allen will increase Church coverage at US daily
Malaysian priest investigated in ‘Allah’ row
Police interview Catholic editor
US archdiocese braced for ‘pain’ of abuse files
Chicago to open historic files
Pope shows a new way to be pro-life
On the morning of Jan. 25, 2013, participants in the Washington, DC, March for Life received an unexpected boost in the form of a Twitter message from Pope Benedict XVI. “I join all those marching for life from afar, and pray that political leaders will protect the unborn and promote a culture of life,” the…
Watching and waiting in Africa
Will peace or war fill the vacuum in the CAR?
Pope urges drive for peace in 2014
Pope Francis has called on world leaders to work towards a real and lasting peace in the world and insisted the Church will play its part “in every possible way” to foment this reality. The Pope made his comments last Monday as he addressed an assembly of 180 ambassadors to the Holy See, gathered for…
Welcoming the Reform Alliance
Dear Editor, I very much welcome the emergence of the Reform Alliance and hope it will grow into a new political party. At present there is no political party in which Catholics can participate, a party where their insights and giftedness are fully appreciated. This has created an enormous democratic deficit in the Irish political scene.…
The faith of public figures
Dear Editor, I wasn’t overly impressed by the two articles concerning the faith of Munster’s Ronan O Gara (IC 9/11/14) and Donncha O’ Callaghan(IC 19/12/13). Yes they both mentioned that they believed in God, but, so do so many in our society and yet do not attend weekly Mass or the other sacraments. When one…
Urgent need for reform of political system
Dear Editor, As I understand the purpose and objective of Reform Alliance, it is definitely not to establish another political party, since I believe we have sufficient already, in fact too many! Personally I think the objective of Reform Alliance is what it says, namely to reform the existing and outdated draconian political system that has…