Places of worship have become the latest target for the forced roundup of Eritrean teens to serve as soldiers, in what clerics describe as a deteriorating situation. For two years, 15- and 16-year-olds have been taken from towns and villages. Some are ending up on the front lines in the war in Ethiopia’s northern state…
Personal Profile Mark Dilworth begins his studies for the priesthood in the diocese of Shrewsbury in England this Autumn. Having already spent some time in Maynooth previously, he still felt the call was there and wants to give it one more shot. Mark grew up in Innishannon, Co. Cork, and received a firm grounding in…
Eduardo Campos Lima Although the electoral campaign officially started on August 16, the attacks against the two leading presidential candidates in Brazil – current President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly referred to as Lula – has been growing on social media since last year. Much of it is “fake…
The Chief: the Life of Lord Northcliffe by Andrew Roberts (Simon & Schuster, £25/€29.00) In Ulysses, James Joyce refers to “Harmsworth of the farthing press”. He thereby denigrates the great achievement of Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, in creating the first mass circulation newspaper in these islands – the Daily Mail, launched in London in 1896. It was…
About 80 people attended an intimate gathering in a Dublin bookshop for veteran journalist and author Mary Kenny’s book launch. The Way We Were: Catholic Ireland Since 1922 focuses on Mrs Kenny’s experience of Ireland and the role played by Catholicism in Irish society. Mrs Kenny was in discussion with author and Irish Times journalist…
Stowaway squirrel travels the world A stowaway squirrel is being cared for by an animal rescue charity after travelling thousands of miles from India to Scotland onboard a ship, PA reports. It is believed the animal spent about three weeks on the vessel and was finally caught by the crew three days before it docked…
Admirabile Signum: The Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene Pope Francis (Veritas/Liberia Editrice Vaticana, €5.99) Here we are just back at school and college, and the first book about Christmas is already in the shops. What can this mean? Just as surprising is the name of the author of this little pamphlet. It is…
A Catholic Member of Parliament who was appointed to the role of Health Secretary in the UK has come under fire for her pro-life views. Following the announcement that Liz Truss, the previous Foreign Secretary, was to replace Boris Johnson as the UK’s new Prime Minister, it was later announced that Therese Coffey had accepted the…
The body of Christ has many autistic members and Fr Matthew Schneider LC is keen to raise awareness of that fact and minister to them, hears Jason Osborne Fr Matthew Schneider LC, was already ordained a priest just over two years when he was diagnosed with autism at the age of 34. Initially shaken by…
Presentations to parishioners in Killeshin, Co. Carlow, were made in thanksgiving for the time they give to their local church, Saturday, September 10. Mass celebrated by Fr John Dunphy took place in Holy Cross Church, Killeshin, in honour of volunteers who take care of the church and maintain the local Mass rock.
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