Courtney McGrailby J. Anthony Gaughan Former Minister for Education Martin McGuinness once described Canon Patrick Marron as formidable, and so he is. This is clear from Fr Marron’s recollections of his life-long service in the Diocese of Clogher. Born in Carrickmacross in 1932, Marron was educated at the local Patrician Brothers’ school and later in St…
Month: July 2014
Ukraine mourns the loss of Patriarch Vladimir
Paul KeenanLeader had battled cancer
Australian Anglicans vote on confessional seal breach
Confessor to report serious crime
Renewed calls for Asia Bibi’s freedom
Fresh legal appeal attempt planned
New Holy See UN representative named
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,…
Quotes of the Week July 10
“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…
One man and his cathedral
Justo Martinez has devoted his life to a single construction project
Divided by more than a border
The Catholic Church in Canada and the USA
Dreams deferred by civil war
Hope has been hit hard by conflict
The good done by our religious
Colm FitzpatrickDear Editor, Sarah Carey’s article, ‘Wild exaggerations piled on Tuam story’ (IC 12/6/14) links nicely with David Quinn’s statement in the issue of June ’26: ’There is a willingness to think the worst about Catholic Ireland.” Sarah starts well by pointing out the exaggerations in the reporting of the Tuam story although she implies that…