One of Ireland’s foremost historians has been warmly remembered by many, with President Higgins leading the tributes to former Professor of History at University College Cork, Dermot Keogh. President Higgins described Prof. Keogh as “one of our finest historians,” bringing in particular a “valuable insight into the history of Ireland’s connection with South America”. The…
The Catholic Police Guild (CPG) of Northern Ireland has advised their members to bring guns to Mass for their protection following queries to the group. The House of Commons’ Northern Ireland affairs committee met with members of PSNI representative bodies following a data breach involving the personal information of more than 10,000 officers and support…
The Children’s Grief Centre in Co. Limerick intends to double the number of grieving children it can help with the opening of a new centre in Limerick city. The centre, which was started 14 years ago by Sr Helen Culhane, provides a support service for children who have been bereaved and for those whose parents…
I wrote, last week, about the reason why there’s a ‘culture gap’ between younger people, and the more mature generations – especially on issues like ‘gender wars’. Younger people often have a literal attitude to equality: everyone must be equal, and natural, or biological, differences, don’t come into the equation. There is also an interesting…
The beatification of an unborn baby has raised interesting questions for theologians, writes Maria Wiering When the Ulma family was beatified September 10 as martyrs who gave their lives to protect Jews during the Holocaust, it may be the first time the Catholic Church has beatified an entire, specific family together, as well as the first beatification…
Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone was left star-struck by his meeting with Pope Francis September 8, after the Pope told Mr Stallone that he “grew up with” Mr Stallone’s Rocky and Rambo films. The film star travelled to the Vatican, September 8, with his wife, daughters and brother, Frank Stallone. Footage of their appearance was posted…
The Catholic culture of our childhood memories is unlikely to return, whether we would wish it to or not writes Fr Eamonn Conway When I was growing up in Tuam, Co. Galway in the 1960s, the town was a ‘mini-Vatican’. The diocesan boarding school, St Jarlath’s College, had over a dozen priests on staff. Both…
Social workers regularly witness the ‘heart-breaking reality’ that parents are forced to look for ways to care for children with complex needs outside of the home, according to a representative group. The Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) welcomed a report last week from the Ombudsman for Children entitled ‘Nowhere to Turn: Children with disabilities…
David Mills A friend of Dorothy Day’s told her that her children had called Peter Maurin “ragged and unkempt”. They were sure “that he never bathed, and he seemed to sleep in his clothes”. When Day asked him why he didn’t try to look better, he told her, “So as not to excite envy”. Maurin,…
Silvio Cuellar In today’s world, we are surrounded by constant noise and distractions. At home, we are always connected to media such as smartphones, computers, television and tablets. In the car, we are also saturated by noise and radio programs with commentary often inappropriate for our children’s ears. How do we bring some peace into…
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