The Sunday Gospel My inspiration this week takes the Second Reading (Hebrews 12:1-4) as a lead in to the Gospel of the day (Luke 12: 49-53). “Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection.” I have often taken this sentence as the theme of…
The Price of Truth: Titus Brandsma, Carmelite by Miguel Arribas, O. Carm Carmelite dia, US$23.85/£19.60/€23.50 “It was around six o’clock Monday evening, 19 January 1942, when two burly young men rang the doorbell of the Carmelite Priory in Nijmegen in Holland. The brother porter greeted the visitors and enquired, ‘how may I help you, gentlemen?’…
The German Synodal Path – often mired in controversy – has become a widely disputed and publicised spectacle in the realm of Catholic media. But just where is the Church in Germany currently positioned in the intervening months that have followed? What has been the official Vatican response to the radical new proposals that have…
Over the course of last eight months, Catholics around the world began gathering in church halls and school gyms to, in the words of Pope Francis, “look others in the eye and listen to what they have to say”. These listening sessions were the first phase of the two-year-long Synod on Synodality that will end…
Letter insists younger faithful embrace Church teaching EXCLUSIVE Hundreds of young Catholics have signed a letter to Church leaders challenging the widespread perception that younger people in the Church want teachings to change. The organisers of the letter – which attracted more than 500 signatures in less than a week from young committed Catholics before…
The country’s largest pro-life rally could be banned or face re-routing in the capital under controversial proposals being drawn up by Fianna Fáil Health Minister Stephen Donnelly. Mr Donnelly has vowed to ban any pro-life protests or events within 100 metres of where abortions are carried out in so-called ‘exclusion zones’ despite the fact that…
The Church in Cork and Ross has to embrace change now or it will be left with no choice, Bishop Fintan Gavin has warned in a pastoral letter, August 2. The Bishop of Cork and Ross comments came as he announced structural changes to the diocese, with the introduction of ‘families of parishes’. “We have…
Staff reporter There is no “causal link” between priestly celibacy and the abuse of children, according to a recent report. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry published the finding in ‘The psychology of individuals who abuse children – Roundtable 1 Findings’. The experts stated that celibacy may involve problems ranging from many of those who are…
Ukrainians pray peace will come quickly, but getting there “must include” justice and respect for Ukraine’s recognised borders, the recently appointed Apostolic Visitor to Ukrainian Catholics in Ireland has said. Bishop Kenneth Nowkowski’s comments come following a controversial letter from Sabina Higgins, wife to the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. In it, she called…
Staff reporter The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September and attend an inter-religious meeting in the capital city, Nur-Sultan. Francis is expected to meet the Russia Orthodox Patriarch Kirill – a vocal supporter of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – and impress upon him the immorality of the Russian operation. “Accepting the…
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