Courtney McGrailDear Editor, We in the Irish Catholic Church would do well to wake up, open our eyes, get a realistic view of each of the 26 dioceses, and begin by discussing the various ills and weaknesses that afflict them. And if we could take a leaf out of the late William Glasser’s ‘Reality Therapy’, it…
Month: June 2015
Oscar Romero finally getting recognition he deserves
Dear Editor, Congratulations on your special issue of the paper (IC 21/05/2015) celebrating the life and legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero. The monsignor was an incredible inspiration and his beatification is a well-deserved, and long-time coming, recognition of his bravery and compassion in speaking out against violence and injustice, and spreading the Gospel message of…
Vatican Round-up
Vatican media to modernise The Vatican urgently needs to modernise its media operations, according to head of a new papal commission on how Rome can better communicate with the Church and the world. Speaking at a London Mass to mark World Communications Day, Chris Patten, former chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation Trust, explained that…
Syrian bishop calls on West to intervene in civil conflict
Western intervention is urgently needed to halt the “monstrosities” being perpetrated in Syria and Iraq, according to a bishop whose diocese is at the heart of the conflict. Even before the rise of Islamic State, Aleppo had seen some of the worst fighting in the Syrian Civil War, with Chaldean Bishop Antoine Audo claiming last…
Priests in Burundi prevented from electoral council service
Burundi’s Catholic bishops have withdrawn permission from priests to serve on the country’s electoral council. In a statement a week before the parliamentary round of the national elections, the bishops explained that they had given a special dispensation for some priests to work with National Independent Electoral Council, but after careful analysis of the current…
Francis, the kite flier
Pope Francis receives a kite from a boy during a meeting with children of Italian prisoners in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 30. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Peach bellinis make a tasty summer dessert
Erin FoxSweet Treats
Chastity promotes human dignity
Mags GarganChastity is about more than saying no, Dawn Eden tells Mags Gargan
The deep wisdom we need all to grasp
Fr Ronald RolheiserEveryone longs to know something that’s secret, to know something that others don’t know, but that you know, and the knowledge of which gives you some insight and advantage over others who are outside the inner-circle of that secret. It has always been so. Historically this is called ‘Gnosticism’, which forever makes an appearance in…
Dying in Christ
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that because of Christ, Christian death has a positive meaning, writes Cathal Barry