Paul KeenanDear Editor, There are two interesting points raised by Syl Doyne’s letter ‘Canonisations raise questions’ (IC 8/5/14). Firstly, it was Saint John Paul II himself who ordered the investigation into the case against Fr Marcial Maciel which was not concluded until after his death during the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI who then responded to…
Month: May 2014
The lust of the flesh reveals the loneliness of the soul
Fr Ronald RolheiserMany are ‘checkmated rather than mated’
When to be Frank is to be quite mysterious
Aubrey MaloneA film to make you sit up and think
Cheap comedy at the expense of faith
Brendan O’ReganOnce again the Church was the target of lame jokes
Memoir of an inspiring life
Peter CostelloDonal’s Mountain: How One Son Inspired a Nation by Fionnbar Walsh (Hachette Books Ireland, €12.99/£10.99)
Knock for young readers
The Three Visitors: The Story of Knock by Eleanor Gormally (Vertias €5.99 / £5)
Issues of mental illness
In My Room by Jim Lucey (Gill & Macmillan, €16.99 / £13.99)
Liturgy in the Modern World
Celebrating the Eucharist: Sacrifice and Communion ed. Gerard Deighan (Smenos, €20.00 + p&p / £16.30 approx + p&p; from www.smenospublications.com) Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal, ed. Janet E. Rutherford and James O’Brien (Four Courts Press, €30 / £25) I began thinking about this review on that recent Sunday when the two Popes were canonised.…
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