The View Niamh Uí Bhriain Last week, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín read an astonishing document into the Dáil record. He had received a document, under freedom of information, in regard to a shocking decision made about the movement of older, vulnerable people from hospitals to nursing homes at the outset of the Covid-19 crisis. Some background is…
Painting is an activity for any time of year, but it’s great for occupying the family during the long summer days, writes Jason Osborne I feel as though everyone has some painting experience buried in their past, even if it’s as simple as a former primary school activity or something our parents occupied us with as children.…
A much greater threat to the unity of the Church is what is going on in the likes of Germany, writes David Quinn Personally, I do not attend the Latin Mass. I have been to three or four in my adult life, and one of them was a funeral. The others I attended mainly out…
Whistlestop Tales: Around the World in 10 Bible Stories by Krish Kandiah and Miriam Kandiah (Hodder Faith / Young Explorers series, £10.99 / €12.99) This well-intentioned book for younger readers highlights an increasing problem in today’s culture. With the disappearance of the classics (Greek and Roman) from the curriculum, and the ever-narrowing perspectives of history being taught, young…
A two-time survivor of China’s detention camps in Xinjiang described suffering physical and sexual violence at the hands of camp guards, in her July 14 testimony at an international religious freedom gathering in Washington, DC. Tursunay Ziyawudun, 42, of China’s northwest province of Xinjiang, spoke at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, DC on…
Author in Chief: The untold story of our presidents and the books they wrote by Craig Fehrman (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30) Felix M. Larkin All US presidents since Truman – including Truman – have written books, and many earlier presidents have also. These books generally fall into two categories: campaign books that…
Using technology to fly millionaires to space is symbolic of a culture of waste, Chai Brady hears Billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s flight into the fringes of space as part of his new private space tourism company is symbolic of a “culture of waste” according to an Irish Jesuit. Fr Kevin O’Higgins SJ, who spent half…
People with disabilities are often left behind in society but Christian Blind Mission has been working to ensure they are supported as the pandemic worsened their situation, Chai Brady writes The rights of people with disabilities in the developing world were “abused” during the pandemic as many of them were disproportionately affected by restrictions, according…
Mindful Living Meditation awakens us to the illusion of separateness. When we see only through the ego, everything becomes a competition, a comparison. It is all about ensuring my survival, my security, my salvation. But meditation awakens the heart and gives rise to a more expansive way of seeing. And when that way of seeing…
Letter from Rome What impact it may have on the course of justice in a Vatican tribunal remains to be seen, but one point is becoming steadily clearer about the case of Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who’s been indicted along with nine other defendants for various forms of financial crime and corruption and who’s set…
David Quinn
Peter Costello
Chai Brady
John L. Allen Jr.