Michael KellyPriest resigned from Mater Hospital over abortion stance
Month: May 2014
Clontarf refought
Paul Keenan1014: Brian Boru and the Battle for Ireland, by Morgan Llywelyn (O’Brien Press, €11.99 / £10.99)
A Common heritage: The Anglican tradition of prayer
The Book of Common Prayer: a Biography, by Alan Jacobs (Princeton University Press, €22.00 / £17.95)
An honourable man cast among thieves
Tom Gilmartin: The man who brought down a Taoiseach and exposed the greed and corruption at the heart of Irish politics, by Frank Connolly (Gill & Macmillan, €16.99 / £14.99)
A choice of life and death dramas
Brendan O’ReganEthical debates and police thrillers
Champion of the underdog in the limelight
Aubrey MaloneThe IFI hosts a Ken Loach retrospective
A pilgrimage of a very different kind
Fr Ronald RolheiserA journey through nature, desire, and soul
Canonisations raise questions
Dear Editor, It was a great weekend for the Catholic Church as two of our Popes were elevated to the position of sainthood, but I have two questions. One: why is it mostly religious who are honoured in this way, and also why is it necessary at all? If I manage to get to Heaven…
Lobby Pope for Matt Talbot sainthood – call
Cathal BarryThe Dublin-based priest issues impassioned appeal
Survivor sees ‘real change’ in Church on safeguarding
Marie Collins attends first meeting of Vatican’s safeguarding body