Courtney McGrailThe Catholic Church and the Campaign for Emancipation in Ireland and England by Ambrose Macaulay (Four Courts Press, €40.00)
Month: November 2016
The cardinals America needs
Greg Daly“America’s Church will most need prominent voices seen as champions of immigrants and the poor…” writes Greg Daly
Dad’s Diary
Autumn is deepening. The last few brave flowers bloom through carpets of rusty leaves. Stark branches reach towards the glowering skies. The night surprises us, arriving early, and uninvited – a cold and unwelcome guest. Yet even the cold night is made warm and welcome by the fire, which we gather around each evening. All…
Find some sacred space for yourself
Sacred Space: The Payer Book 2017 edited by the Irish Jesuits (Messenger Publications, €11.99)
Shrill laments welcome ‘political earthquake’ in US
On his Today With Seán O’Rourke show (RTÉ Radio 1) Wednesday morning of last week the presenter described it as a ‘political earthquake’, and words like ‘extraordinary’ and ‘revolution’ were scattered about liberally. A restless sleep Tuesday night of last week saw me checking intermittently on developments in the US election so I could gradually…
Aristotle: One of western culture’s greatest minds
Aristotelian Interpretations by Fran O’Rourke (Irish Academic Press, €29.99)
Nuncio pledges to reach out to dissenting priests
Paul KeenanThe Pope’s representative in Ireland has pledged to do all he can to help re-integrate priests who have been disciplined by the Church for promoting views contrary to Catholic teaching. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown also said that Irish Catholics had to face up to the reality that parishes will increasingly be staffed by non-Irish…
US illegal Irish ‘fearful’ about Trump presidency
Clare priest celebrates president elect’s ‘pro-life’ values
Leonard Cohen’s appeal was ‘the spiritual search he shared with us’
The late performer Leonard Cohen touched so many people with his music due to his search for spiritual fulfilment through the medium, broadcaster Fr Brian D’Arcy has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week about the impact of Leonard Cohen’s life, apparent in the global outpouring of grief and tributes that followed his November…
Trump campaign tapped in to fears ignored by other politicians
Michael Kelly“The fact that he could be elected in the US is revealing of a wider alienation that many people feel”, writes Michael Kelly