There were four speakers at the presentation of the Pope’s post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation in Rome last Friday, but all eyes and ears were on Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. Before turning to his prepared text he announced: “This text is beautiful, really beautiful in my opinion.” He went on to praise the accessibility and immediacy of the…
Bishops must answer Pope’s challenge on sex education, writes David Quinn Amoris Laetitia is a long and complex document with many parts dealing with diverse topics, but all relating in the end to the family, the Church’s concept of the family and how people can be led, sometimes bit by bit, to see the wisdom…
“We have been called to inform consciences, not to replace them”. “Where love is concerned, silence is always more eloquent than words. It is an encounter with a face, a ‘thou’, who reflect God’s own love and is man’s ‘best possession, a helper fit for him and a pillar of support’, in the words of…
Francis is trying to build a Church that is faithful to Christ’s teaching while ensuring that everyone can find a home, writes Michael Kelly Within minutes of the publication of the Pope’s landmark document on marriage and the family, the British-based left-wing newspaper The Guardian uploaded a message on social media confirming that the Pontiff…
The success of the synod in Limerick was that it listened to people, writes Cathal Barry The decision to convoke a diocesan synod back in September 2014 was a bold move by Limerick’s Bishop Brendan Leahy who at the time was little over a year in office. After all, until last weekend there had not…
To mark his 25th year in the priesthood, Fr Gary Donegan CP, rector of Holy Cross Ardoyne in Belfast, has committed to a ‘Silver Jubilee Climb’ of Croagh Patrick on Saturday, May 14 to raise money for the MS Society NI and Marie Curie. To donate visit www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-events/fr-garys-croagh-patrick-challenge-1 Photo: Hugh Russell/The Irish News
Catholic chaplains have rejected suggestions that low Mass attendance at institutes of technology might provide a meaningful way of measuring the contribution of chaplaincies to college life. Following Freedom of Information requests to 13 institutes of technology, Atheist Ireland criticised how third level colleges annually provide over €1.5 million for Catholic-run chaplaincies. Citing an average…
The pilgrimage season at Knock Shrine in Co. Mayo will get underway on Sunday, April 24 and the programme of events includes a concert to commemorate the 1916 Rising and World War I. The RTÉ concert orchestra will perform on Saturday, May 14 in the newly refurbished Basilica, with a performance from mezzo-soprano Anne Marie…
The joy of love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church! writes Pope Francis It is not by chance that Amoris Laetitia (AL), “The Joy of Love”, the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation “on Love in the Family”, was signed on March 19, the Solemnity of St Joseph. It brings together the results of…
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