Pope Francis in his Angelus address on Sunday honoured an Italian missionary sister who was killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique. Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on September 11, the Pope said: “In this moment of prayer, it is dear to me to remember Sr Maria de Coppi, Combonian missionary, killed in…
In a secularising world, her religious faith has indeed been a beacon, writes Mary Kenny When Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne in 1952 she would have been regarded as essentially a Protestant monarch. This was factually the case. Every British monarch since the Hanover dynasty in the 18th Century has been pledged to…
We have lost a model for peace and reconciliation, writes Baroness Nuala O’Loan These have been sad days for so many people in Britain and across the world. In her 70 year reign and her 96 years of life, Queen Elizabeth II seems to have become ‘the queen’ for so many countries – even leaders of…
After bishops blocked a vote demanding changes to the Church’s teaching on sexuality at the German Synodal Way September 9, organisers voiced their displeasure with the outcome and vowed to “take it to” Rome. One of two presidents of the Synodal Way, Bishop Georg Bätzing, expressed “personal disappointment” that a blocking minority of bishops prevented…
We should focus as much on feeding the body with wholesome food as we do the mind during the school year, writes Jason Osborne The return to school is a stressful time for parents more so than children, I’d wager. Children and teenagers have been getting back into the rhythm of things for a few…
Estella Solomons: Still Moments, Room 31, NGI, continues to January 2023. Appreciation by Peter Costello This free exhibition, curated by Niamh MacNally, is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. This new show at the National Gallery of Ireland is a small, of select…
Britain’s longest reigning monarch met with five popes over the course of her life and reign, writes Ruadhán Jones In a telegram late on September 9, Pope Francis offered his condolences and prayers upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II (96), Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the head of the Church of England. In a telegram…
Doreen Abi Raad In Lebanon, teetering on the abyss of a socioeconomic crisis, the future of Catholic schools is at risk. Melkite Fr Youssef Nasr, secretary-general of Lebanon’s Catholic schools, said the school year was opening amid “a major life and existential crisis that stifles the breath of the entire nation and threatens the future…
Medical Matters The impact of global warming on climate change may pose wider concerns that arise not just from the direct effects due to extremes of weather. A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change found that over half (58%) of 275 infectious diseases worldwide have been aggravated by climate change. In what…
Ciborium with Eucharist stolen from Colombian cathedral Fr Gonzalo Marín García, a priest of the primatial cathedral of Colombia in Bogotá, said in a statement released September 6 that a ciborium containing the Eucharist that was used for daily Mass has been stolen from the cathedral. Fr Marín said the Archdiocese of Bogotá wanted to…
Mary Kenny
Nuala O’Loan
Ruadhán Jones
Dr Kevin McCarroll