The CEO of Sligo Rovers FC has said they mistakenly listed ‘religious’ conduct as being unacceptable at their games. The football club issued a notice to their supporters on their website last week listing match night guidelines following antisocial behaviour at their home and away games. It stated “Unacceptable conduct covers conduct which is violent…
Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Friday, March 4, after an Argentine court found him guilty of sexually abusing seminarians. Bishop Zanchetta, 58, pleaded not guilty to the charge of “aggravated continued simple sexual abuse committed by a recognised minister of religion” on February 21. He was…
Anthony Redmond Vincent van Gogh and the Good Samaritan: The Wounded Painter’s Journey by Henry Martin (Darton, Longman & Todd, £12.99/€15.50) One of the greatest of the post-impressionists painters Vincent van Gogh led a troubled, somewhat unhappy life searching for love and recognition as an artist. He wrote countless letters to his devoted brother, Theo,…
Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Europe have appealed to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, urging him to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to put an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine. In an open letter published March 2, Romanian Orthodox Father Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, told…
A priest based in Dublin city centre said he’s seen “the character of the city” change during lockdown, and that there’s an increased sense of danger or lack of safety. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr Darren Maslen, parish priest of Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Dublin city centre said the issue has affected his…
The chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conference has called for changes to Church teaching on sex outside of marriage and homosexuality. In an interview with the German magazine Bunte published on March 4, Bishop Georg Bätzing agreed with the journalist’s assertion that “no one” adhered to the Church’s teaching that sexuality should only be practiced within…
Last Sunday we were with Jesus on the Mount of Temptation. Today we see him on the Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36). It’s such a contrast of experiences, from temptation to the vision of divine glory. He took with him Peter, John and James and went up the mountain to pray. Climbing the mountain is…
Personal Profile Michelle Ward’s faith wasn’t always as strong as it is now, but God has always spoken to her through the relationships in her life. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Mrs Ward says that she grew up with a mother who was very strong in her faith, and it was how this faith…
Under fire in Ballymacandy: How ‘the Troubles’ came to an Irish village Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush by Owen O’Shea (Irish Academic Press, €14.95/£12.99) In his latest book Kerry Historian Owen O’Shea provides a dispassionate account of the details surrounding the deadly ambush at Ballymacandy on June 1, 1921 dealing even-handedly with all…
In his farewell speech in John’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that he is going away but that he will leave us a parting gift, the gift of his peace, and that we will experience this gift in the spirit he leaves behind. How does this work? How do we leave peace and a spirit behind…
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