Brendan O’ReganMorning Movie: The Nun’s Story RTÉ 1, Sat, Dec 20, 7.55am (1959) Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch. Director: Fred Zinnemann. Gabrielle Van Der Mal gave up everything to become a nun. But her faith and her vows are forever being tested. In Concert: Sing Noel! A Christmas Concert EWTN, Sat, Dec 20, 11am & Christmas Day…
Month: December 2014
Irish priest in Sydney did Stations of the Cross during café siege
Mags GarganBrave priest used faith to overcome ordeal
School tries to brighten refugees’ Christmas
Generous students raise money to help less fortunate
Books of the Year
Courtney McGrailOur regular reviewers share with readers their choice of books which most impressed them in the last year. The prices quoted are the publishers’ recommended prices, and may vary from source to source.
Response to Dublin diocese’s food appeal triples
Dublin Archbishop overwhelmed at generosity
Pope preparing to create new cardinals in February
Pope Francis will create new cardinals on February 14, following a two-day meeting of the world’s cardinals that will discuss reform of the Vatican bureaucracy, among other issues. The names of the new cardinals are likely to be announced in mid-January, Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi SJ has said. If Pope Francis respects the limit…
Respect or contempt?
David QuinnWill Enda Kenny treat traditional-minded voters with respect in next year’s marriage referendum or will he heap more contempt on them?
Pope declined meeting with Dalai Lama
Pope Francis declined to meet the Dalai Lama because of the "delicate situation" with China, the Vatican has said. The exiled Tibetan leader, who was in Rome at the weekend for a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize winners, had requested a meeting with the Pontiff. A Vatican spokesman said that although the Pope held him…
Returning to Bethlehem
‘To meditate on the manger of Bethlehem is to realise that our life is not some meaningless sequence of events’, writes Andrew O’Connell
A helping hand at Christ’s birthplace
A group of Irish midwives is helping to change lives in Bethlehem, writes Louise McCarthy