Our Lord’s maleness was not an accident, writes David Quinn The debate over whether or not women in the Catholic Church can be priests is one for Catholics, first and foremost. That ought to go without saying. Many of those chipping in on the issue over the last couple of weeks don’t believe in…
A Vatican tribunal has found Archbishop Anthony Apuron of Agana, Guam, guilty of some of the accusations made against him including the sexual abuse of minors. After a canonical trial conducted by the Apostolic Tribunal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican judges imposed the following sanctions on the 72-year-old archbishop: the…
Prostitution is a form of “torturing women” Pope Francis told a group of young people at a pre-synod in Rome this week. Responding to a young Nigerian victim of human trafficking, who was forced to become a victim of prostitution to pay supposed debts, Pope Francis said sex-buyers are “criminals”. “If a young person has…
Padre Pio’s path to acceptance in the Church was far from a smooth one, writes Greg Daly When Padre Pio was canonised by Pope St John Paul II in June 2002 before a crowd of 300,000 people it seemed in some ways almost a formality. The path to Padre Pio’s beatification just three years…
An Irish-born cardinal, who resigned five years ago as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh after admitting to sexual misconduct, died on March 19 at the age of 80. Born at Ballycastle in Co. Antrim, Cardinal Keith O’Brien stepped down as archbishop in February 2013, following allegations from three priests and one former priest that…
Thousands of people defied arctic temperatures on Sunday to pray the rosary at Mass rocks for ‘Life and Faith’, organisers have said. “On the east coast, the crowds were decimated,” Kathy Sinnott told The Irish Catholic, adding that most gatherings went ahead elsewhere. In Dublin, a small number gathered at the Papal cross, while others…
It was with good reason that Padre Pio’s Mass drew huge crowds, according to Fr Francesco Napolitano Padre Pio’s life on earth was in perpetual union with God; all of his letters give valid evidence of this. In a letter written to his spiritual director, Fr Benedetto of San Marco in Lamis, on September…
Children’s Corner Scientific experiments are an excellent way to learn about the world around you and also allow you to create, imagine, and explore. Although in movies scientists are often wearing long white lab coats and are usually surrounded with test-tubes of bubbling liquids, you don’t actually need any of these things to do…
The president of the Philippines has announced his country’s immediate withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) following “outrageous attacks” by the court and UN officials. President Rodrigo Duterte, who is under scrutiny by the international court over his deadly war on drugs, claimed that there is a “concerted effort” to undermine his administration. He accused UN special…
Unless you somehow have a foot outside of your culture, the culture will swallow you whole. Daniel Berrigan wrote that and it’s true too in this sense: unless you can drink in strength from a source outside yourself, your natural proclivities for paranoia, bitterness and hatred will invariably swallow you whole. The disciples in Luke’s…
David Quinn
Greg Daly
Susan Gately
Colm Fitzpatrick
Fr Ronald Rolheiser