Samantha Power, US President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the United States’ international aid agency, is a pro-choice Catholic who comes from Ireland. If confirmed, Ms Power would head up the US Agency for International Development, a position which Mr Biden has announced he’s elevating to the National Security Council. Speaking to the U.S. Catholic,…
Despite healthcare failings, the Dublin hostel run by the Legion of Mary was more compassionate than many at the time, writes Chai Brady One of the institutions in the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes published last week stands out as somewhat of an anomaly among the 18 investigated,…
Seamus Mulconry, born in a Mother and Baby Home, tells Ruadhán Jones that we need to acknowledge our own societal failings Seamus Mulconry is the general secretary of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association and remains a staunch defender of Catholic schools. He is also one of the thousands of children that passed through the…
In one day, the Catholic Church on two continents lost two leaders to Covid-19. Both men were outspoken defenders of the church. Brazilian Cardinal Eusebio Scheid, 88, died in the interior of São Paulo state January 13, after only a few days in the hospital with Covid-19. Scotland Across the Atlantic, in Scotland, Archbishop Philip…
An Irish priest working in Kenya has paid tribute to Sr Colombiere Kelly IBVM, who died last week after spending decades changing culture and educating girls. Fr Conor Donnelly, who is based in Nairobi, said Sr Kelly went to East Africa and became principal of a Catholic school in 1952 during very challenging times. “There were…
Three North Dakota state legislators introduced a bill this week that would oblige Catholic priests to violate the seal of Confession in cases of confirmed or suspected child abuse, on penalty of imprisonment or heavy fines. The bill was introduced January 12 by a number of Republican and Democrat state senators and state representatives. The…
What is your Business? Memories of life, especially from my 23 years missionary work in Sierra Leone, West Africa by Fr Willie Kingston, CSSp (CRM Publications/Spiritan Heritage and Archives, Kimmage Manor, Dublin, €20.00/€30.00 postage paid) Daniel Murphy in his magisterial A History of Irish Emigrant & Missionary Education, published in 2001, describes the significant contribution made…
The Irish Jesuit is remembered as a missionary who contributed to the health and wellbeing of the African people, writes Chai Brady Tributes have been paid to Irish priest Prof. Michael J. Kelly SJ who died in Zambia on Friday. He was 91 years old, and was a world-renowned authority in the fight against HIV/AIDS.…
The Church and society often took it upon themselves to humiliate and exclude rather than show the love of Christ, writes Brian McCormick There is very little difference between the word teacher and preacher. I would always see John the Baptist as a preacher. Jesus is frequently referred to in the Gospels as teacher. I…
Fr Mike Schmitz’s podcast, The Bible in a Year, which walks listeners through the Bible in 365 days has soared to the top of Apple’s chart after its launch on New Year’s Day. Nearly three weeks after launch, the podcast remains in the top spot. It climbed above podcasts in every other category to achieve…
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