Personal Profile Fr Patrick Cunningham is the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Co-ordinator for the Columban missionaries in South Korea. The role combines a number of his passions, particularly bettering the lot of the poor and migrants, with his calling as a missionary priest. Their human interest stories made a deep impression on…
In the throes of a collapsing economy exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and devastation from the catastrophic Beirut port blast last August, Lebanon is sinking further into a dire situation. “Now we have the ‘new’ poor,” Carmelite Fr Michel Abboud, president of Caritas Lebanon said of the rapidly rising segment of the country’s population. “So…
The Story of Nano Nangle: A Life Lived on the Razor’s Edge by Anne Lyons PBVM (Messenger Publications, $4.95 /£4.50) Anne Lyons has been appointed by the Presentation Order as the postulator to promote the cause of the beatification of the order’s foundress Nano Nagle, who died in 1784. The cause was opened on the bicentenary…
Hours after Bolivia’s former interim president was detained and accused of promoting an alleged coup against her predecessor Evo Morales, the country’s bishops released a statement saying that “the politics of revenge” and a justice system aligned with the ruling political power “do not create confidence in the people”. “The arrest and prosecution of the…
Pope Francis is working to break a perspective that religion is connected to violence, writes Chai Brady The Pope has been a leading light when it comes to interreligious dialogue – breaking down barriers in the Middle East – and when it comes to his visit to Iraq, he gave new hope in an area…
In his retirement message, Ireland rugby veteran number eight CJ Stander credited his faith as one of the most important things in his life. The South Africa-born forward has long been known for his deep faith – a fact Mr Stander has never shied away from himself. “Thank you Jesus for protecting us and keeping…
A Parent’s Perspective I’ve detected an increasing sense of despondency and dismay with the realisation that any chance of life going back to normal seems a long way off. My daughter was watching an anime film recently; its themes of love and romance made her sad because she said it just reminded her of her…
After the drear of an Irish winter, the first few sunny spring days seem almost miraculous. As the gloom wore on, month after month, it seemed that never again would we rest easy in the sunshine. The Irish climate makes moments of luxuriating comfortably in nature rare, and therefore precious. Yet all of a sudden,…
Among people of faith, there is the notion that if you are person of deep faith you can easily renounce the things of this world, see the world for all its ephemerality, not cling to things, and die more peacefully. Not true. That is naïve, at least a lot of the time. James Hillman writes:…
We must be vigilant, discerning, and watchful over what kind of ‘new normal’ is appearing on the horizon of our post-Covid world, writes Dr Philip Gonzales One of the fundamental tasks of philosophy is to seek to understand something of the riddle — or better — mystery of the human condition. In this never-ending task,…
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