This year, there are two small but heartening signs of encouragement for religious life
Month: February 2015
A kiss for his Valentine
Courtney McGrailEngaged couple Paul McNulty from Beaumont in Dublin and Leona Gallagher from Castledawson in Co. Derry received a blessing for their marriage at the Shrine of St Valentine in Dublin this week. Photo: John McElroy
Faith is meaningless if it cannot give answers
Michael KellyDoubt is like hunger or thirst, it calls us to seek nourishment
Pope’s reform agenda theme for talks
A highly-acclaimed expert on Pope Francis and his reform agenda for the Church will address two gatherings in Dublin and Limerick early next month. Dr Austen Ivereigh, who has recently completed The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope, will explore what the Pope’s teaching and ministry might mean in particular for…
Katy Perry ‘prepared with prayer’
Cathal BarryPop superstar Katy Perry has revealed she turned to prayer to give her the confidence to perform during the half-time show at the Super-Bowl recently. “I over prepared myself and did a lot of prayer and meditation,” the world-acclaimed singer said of her dazzling performance. “It’s funny, I was praying and I got a word…
Majority believe children happier raised by mother and father
Mags GarganAlmost two thirds of people believe that a child is more likely to grow up happy if raised in a home with a mother and father. A survey carried out by Amárach Research on behalf of Accord, the Catholic marriage care service, has shown a strong support for marriage in Ireland. Some 61% considered marriage…
Time for new attitudes towards alcohol
Healthy Living with Cathal Barry
Like My Fair Lady, but for slow learners
Aubrey MaloneKingsman: The Secret Service (16)
More one-sided debates on abortion
Brendan O’ReganAs an avid collector of ironies, I hit the jackpot last week. Liberal media commentators were horrified that Pope Francis didn’t see a problem with slapping children for corrective purposes, but actively argued for aborting more children by widening Irish abortion laws! The latest wave in this debate started Wednesday of last week with a…
Web continues to vibrate to Stephen Fry’s anti-God belief
Few topics have spurred as much debate among Christian circles online as Stephen Fry’s recent outburst against God on RTÉ’s Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne, in which he says that if he were suddenly confronted by God as a reality, he would hold him to account for the world’s suffering. Edinburgh-based Dominican Lawrence Lew…