Dear Editor, The Irish Catholic of Sept 18 carried an interesting feature titled “Faith formation is key”, about Archbishop William Slattery in regard to the South African Church’s approach to evangelisation. The quote that interested me was: “We can lose people to the other (‘6,000 independent Churches in South Africa’) unless we put a tremendous effort into the…
Month: October 2014
Irish Jesuits in the front line of the Great War
Peter CostelloIrish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War ed. by Damien Burke (Messenger Publications, €14.99/£11.99)
Celebrating the feast of St Francis
Erin FoxSt Francis is known as the patron saint of animals.
Responding to the needs of Irish prisoners overseas
Mags GarganMags Gargan speaks to people supporting some of the most marginalised Irish people around the world
Colleges are becoming ‘intolerant’ of Catholics – chaplain
Cathal BarryPro-life organisation has been repeatedly denied recognition by UCC
All nations need to respond to terrorism, Vatican official tells UN
Cardinal urged governments to use their resources to prevent people from “becoming foreign terrorist fighters”
Numbers of Irish prisoners overseas surge
The number of ICPO clients imprisoned in England and Wales has nearly tripled
Tributes paid to Mercy sisters killed in car crash
Archbishop Eamon Martin has led tributes to the two Mercy sisters who died in a car accident this week. Sr Frances Forde and Sr Marie Duddy from Belfast were killed in a collision near Newry, Co. Down that also involved a PSNI vehicle. Archbishop Eamon said he was “very sorry” and that his “sympathies and…
Nigerian archbishop seeks inquiry into multimillion-dollar arms deal
South African police are investigating two Nigerians and an Israeli citizen
Pope’s plea for unity after sacking Paraguayan bishop
Bishop Rogelio Livieres Plano was told to step down as head of his diocese