Cathal BarryFemale deacons should be part of the discussion
Month: June 2015
The Fractured Creation Debate
Peter CostelloCreationism is not a topic widely talked about in Ireland. It rarely intrudes into the public debate. But creationism presents both a false view of religion and of science. Seeming to reassure people it dangerously misleads them. It will be recalled that when the visitor centre at the Giant’s Causeway was opened a few years…
Waterford in Arms
A discussion of the revolutionary years in Waterford from 1912 to 1923 requires at the outset an appreciation of the extraordinary influence of John Redmond (1856-1918) on the city and county. Redmond represented Waterford in the House of Commons from 1891 to 1918 and led the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. By his…
Heaven
The Church teaches that to live in Heaven is to be with Christ, writes Cathal Barry
The Eucharist is too profound to be fully grasped at first
Fr Ronald RolheiserChristian de Cherge, the Trappist Abbott who was martyred in Algeria in 1996, told this story of his first Communion. He grew up in a Roman Catholic family in France and on the day of his first Communion he said to his mother: “I don’t understand what I’m doing.” She answered simply: “It’s okay, you…
Avoiding sugar is the quickest way to shift excess weight
When making the effort to slash your sugar levels, there are a number of simple steps that will make it easier for you, writes Cathal Barry
Promoting faith in the hipster heartland
Jack Ruttledge describes his experience of attending a Legion of Mary social night
The day a lioness was the mane attraction
Aubrey MaloneFortune’s Wheel (G)
Sharing the joy of church music ministry
Mags GarganThe primary music maker at Mass should be the congregation, Ian Callanan tells Mags Gargan
135,000 march as victims of protest are remembered
Greg DalyAs many as 135,000 people, according to organisers, took part in a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Describing the victims of the Tiananmen massacre as "our martyrs" who must not be forgotten, Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, said, “Some Catholics say that…