Cathal BarryBishop Brendan Leahy tells Cathal Barry about his tenure to date and his plans for Limerick diocese in the future
Month: January 2014
Quotes of the Week January 9
Paul Keenan"The Church in Aleppo is standing steadfast despite the bombs, hunger and cold of recent weeks. We want to live and have faith, and show our solidarity to everyone without distinction of religion or faction. This is our mission, our task. No one knows when this war will end. We can accept everything, except this…
Church teaching on sexuality
Dear Editor, The current Vatican survey on the attitude of the People of God to how the Church’s teaching on controversial issues around human sexuality is welcome. There are precious few opportunities within the Church for laypeople, priests and religious to offer their input. I suspect at a higher level, bishops and religious superiors also…
Merton – extra talk due to demand
The Irish Catholic has organised a second talk on the spiritual writer Thomas Merton
Hollywood star serves children Mary’s Meals
Movie star Gerard Butler recently visited one of the world’s poorest countries to see the work of international charity Mary’s Meals, which feeds over 100,000 children every school day in Liberia. “Every meal given to these children is a piece of charity and a little piece of love, and goes into the hearts of the…
A living legend
Mags GarganMícheál Ó Muircheartaigh talks to Mags Gargan about life, sport and Irish identity
Hard man Wahlberg finds strength in faith
Star often attends two Sunday Masses
Pope Francis could address Seanad
Senator David Norris hopes to bring an all-party motion to the Seanad for a debate on the issue.
Irish bishops ‘reach out’ to Holy Land Christians
Prelates will travel to Gaza and Bethlehem
The New Year is an opportunity to reach out
Maria ByrneI’ve a vague memory of last year’s ambitious resolutions for another 12 months but I’m afraid that, like a lot of people, I didn’t do quite as well as I’d imagined I would. I’ve a slightly different approach this year: I’m making out a bucket list of all the things that I really want to…