We live in a world wherein most everything over-stimulates our grandiosity, even as we are handed less and less tools to deal with that. Several years ago, Robert L. Moore wrote a very significant book, Facing the Dragon. The dragon that most threatens us, he believes, is the dragon of our own grandiosity, that sense…
The beatitude we are promised, according to the Church, confronts us with decisive moral choices, writes Cathal Barry
Dr Anne Merriman tells Rachel Beard about the origins of a revolution in hospice care
Rachel Beard talks to volunteers who foster rescue dogs waiting for new families
Dear Editor, To judge by Gabriel Kelly’s letter about the effects of Brexit (IC 30/06/2016), one might think the (primarily) English vote to leave the EU must have been done following a calculation that the peace in Northern Ireland that was so hard fought for is worth gambling with. Is it perhaps not more likely,…
Dear Editor, I am very disappointed to see advertisements for pilgrimages to the Holy Land in 2017 staying in Jerusalem instead of Bethlehem. The Christian community desperately need support at this time, much more than the tourist industry in Jerusalem. Surely tour operators should be made aware of this and ensure that pilgrims have time…
The new presidency bodes ill for the Church, writes Paul Keenan
In his 1975 ballad Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen tells his imaginary paramour that she can either waste her summer “praying in vain for a saviour to rise from these streets,” or seize the realistic if flawed option in front of her, i.e. him. While no one probably would tout the Boss as an expert on the Middle…
The breakaway Society of St Pius X appears to have abandoned hopes of reuniting with the Vatican with a statement rejecting the need for recognition from Rome for its existence while voicing criticism of the Pope for “errors” in Church teaching. The statement, made in the name of Bishop Bernard Fellay, the current superior general…
Indian Archbishop rejects accusations against Mother Teresa An Indian archbishop has rejected a recent verbal attack on the memory of Mother Teresa launched by a radical politician and cleric. Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Jowai described as “rash comments” the denunciation of the famed nun by Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath, a member of parliament representing the hardline Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). During a…
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Cathal Barry
Paul Keenan
John L. Allen Jr.