Jihad Jane (PG) The title of this engrossing documentary was the name given to a blonde, blue-eyed Texan woman called Colleen LaRose. She herself appears to have been the first person to use it. That fact led to many of her problems. She was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in 2009 for a plot to kill…
I am trying to get out more to walk and to pay attention to my surroundings when I do. There is something about having a camera or a decent phone with me, I find it makes me more observant. I am looking around, seeking out beauty, noticing little things that otherwise might escape my attention.…
Cross demolisher to oversee Hong Kong, Macau affairs The architect of the cross removal and Church destruction campaign in the China province of Zhejiang has been appointed Head of the Office of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs. Xia Baolong, 67, is an ally of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and in 2013 became the Communist Party’s…
Katie: Poems for the Young and Young at Heart by Gabriel Fitzmaurice (Salmon Poetry, €9.00) Only recently Kerry poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice was saying a farewell to poetry. Or so he said. Now comes a little volume, which many of his readers, and many others too, will glad he has decided to bring out as a…
Personal Profile Sr Mary McNulty recently celebrated her Golden Jubilee after 50 years with the Pallottine Sisters. She returned to her mission in Tanzania for the celebrations where she had worked for nearly thirty years and was a provincial. There were also celebrations at her current home in Macclesfield where she now resides as Mother…
Hundreds of young Catholics gather to celebrate Faith Ireland’s leading Catholic youth movement has urged parish communities bot to be afraid to reach out to young people and invite them to be more active in the Faith. Youth 2000 – which is celebrating 30 years in existence this year – has just played host to…
Prominent pro-life politicians who were very vocal during the abortion referendum have retained their seats while prominent pro-choice candidates lost theirs in an election which has changed the face of Irish politics. Many high-profile pro-choice politicians lost favour with voters including Katherine Zappone, Lisa Chambers, Regina Doherty, Joan Burton, Ruth Coppinger, Jan O’Sullivan, Catherine Noone,…
A professional Irish boxer has revealed he regularly prays before fights and that he had Rosary beads tattooed on his neck so he’ll never lose them. Well-known boxer Michael Conlan, from Belfast, was speaking on RTÉ’s The Tommy Tiernan Show when he revealed the story behind his tattoo. “I always prayed before a fight but…
Nine out of 10 voters for Irish political party Aontú attend religious services on a weekly basis, according to a recent exit poll. The poll found that the all-Ireland Republican party had the most church-goers with 79% of its members attending once a week, with 11% saying they go to Mass every day. Aontú, meaning…
Pontiff says Church shouldn’t clericalise women Pope Francis has warned against ‘clericalising’ women in the Church and apparently ignored a request from bishops in the Amazon region to consider ordaining married men to alleviate the vocations crisis. It had been widely anticipated by some commentators that the Pontiff’s new document Querida Amazonia (Beloved Amazonia)…
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