Medical Matters Every year in Ireland, over 3500 hip fractures occur in older people most of whom have no prior diagnosis of ‘brittle bones’ or osteoporosis. While the term osteoporosis was first coined in 1835, it’s a condition that has actually been identified in humans over several millenia. Today, an increased lifespan has been one…
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Ruwa’ichi of Dar es Salaam told Catholic News Service it was time for the country to accept that Covid-19 exists, noting that denying the truth has led to loss of lives and a lot of people getting sick. “Covid-19 is still with us and we should stop being careless,” he said. “Let…
Personal Profile In 50 years of missionary work in Zambia, Fr Michael Walsh CSSp. has seen the Church go from strength to strength. It is “unrecognisable” from the Church he first witnessed in 1971 when he arrived in the diocese of Monze after a spell as a missionary in Nigeria. Since then, the Church has…
A day after nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were set free after being kidnapped two weeks, one nun has warned that nothing is being done to stop incidents like this from happening, and that unless action is taken soon, her country is headed for a catastrophe. Irreconcilable Referring to the violence and kidnappings that have ravaged Nigeria…
Living Laudato Si’ Lent has always invited us into a desert experience, but this year we are experiencing a real wilderness. The pandemic has forced us all into spaces where we are faced with big questions and worries. In Pope Francis’ new book, Let Us Dream, he says that to enter into crisis is to…
Though people complain about the health regulations due to Covid-19, the response by many of our cultural institutions has been wonderful. The leading art galleries – for instance – all have active sites which have virtual exhibitions of all kinds. The National Library of Ireland (NLI) and many others too are exploiting their collections to…
Pope appeals for end to violence in Myanmar Pope Francis appealed for an end to deadly violence against protesters in Myanmar, calling on the military junta to free political prisoners and let dialogue and the journey toward democracy prevail. Appealing to those now ruling the nation – the government was overthrown in a military coup…
You are as sick as your sickest secret! That’s a wise axiom. What’s sick in us will remain sick unless we open it up to others and to the light of day. As long as it’s a secret, it’s a sickness. However, perhaps the problem is not with what we keep secret, but that we…
The Sunday Gospel Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all you who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast.” The entrance antiphon for today’s Mass is the perfect antidote to any darkness or frustration one might be feeling as the lockdown continues. The…
Children have an amazing ability to escape into the present moment, far more easily than we adults do. Since my mother died, the children have spent plenty of time lost in sorrow and reminiscence, and enough time crying. Yet in just a few minutes, they can switch from being immersed in heartfelt sadness over a…
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