Month: July 2014

“A Christian without Our Lady is an orphan. Also a Christian without the Church is an orphan. A Christian is in need of these two women, two women mothers, two virgin women: the Church and Our Lady.” Pope Francis, speaking to Roman youngsters visiting the Vatican’s Marian Grotto   “On the horizon, we do not…

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The Holy See has named Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza as its new Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. The former Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti replaces India’s Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt. A native of the Philippines, Archbishop Auza was ordained in 1985 and is a veteran Holy See diplomat, having served in Bulgaria,…

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Workers from Cregg Stone Ltd setting the marble in place around the new altar in St Mel’s Cathedral in Longford, as work on what is believed to be the biggest restoration project in Western Europe continues apace towards conclusion. Each day more steel supports are removed from under the arches and between the pillars, revealing…

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We hear a great deal these days about the right to privacy. The European Court ruling on the matter of what can be carried by Google on the internet is only the latest point of controversy. Earlier claims that, for example, the police could not release the names of convicted criminals who had absconded or…

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