Once again the Church finds itself in the firing line, this time over how it ran mother and baby homes in the past
Month: June 2014
‘Tuam did not happen in a vacuum’
Soul-searching on our dark past is overlooking some key points
In the dock
A history of marginalising the most vulnerable
Jesus of Nazareth
Catholics believe and confess that Jesus of Nazareth, born a Jew of a daughter of Israel at Bethlehem at the time of King Herod the Great and the emperor Caesar Augustus, a carpenter by trade, who died crucified in Jerusalem under the procurator Pontius Pilate during the reign of the emperor Tiberius, is the eternal…
Forming faith
Cathal Barry takes a look at the new Catechism
‘Living faith’ essential for Church renewal- Bishop
Church needs to find new ways to pass on the Faith
Majority of priests ‘dissatisfied’ with new missal
Poll reveals 60% unhappy with missal
Radical proposals tabled to tackle vocations crisis
Church leaders are set to discuss radical proposals aimed at tackling the ongoing crisis in vocations tabled by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP). Proposals including the ordination of women deacons; inviting back men who left the priesthood to marry; and the ordination of “suitable” married men were set out by the ACP as possible…
Prison must be ‘last resort’
We must “re-imagine” imprisonment
Wild exaggerations piled on Tuam story
We must distinguish hysteria from facts

David Quinn
Paul Keenan
Cathal Barry