Through a “narrow focus on pregnancy prevention” and the promotion of abortion, many international organisations too often view motherhood as a liability to the advancement of women, the Vatican said.
This Sunday’s scripture is not very helpful if you’re trying to stay on a diet. Again and again, we hear about extravagant dining: “rich food and choice wines” in Isaiah; a full table and an overflowing cup in the psalm; a rich wedding feast in the Gospel from Matthew.
Media bias can be subtle sometimes, other times it can be laughably blatant. I got what I think is a case of the latter last week.
I don’t have a Smartphone. I only have a stupid one. It’s a Nokia.
On October 22, we celebrate the feast of St John Paul II. While his image as Pope is iconic, his early life is less well known, making Karol, an exceptionally popular biography of the even more popular Karol Wojtyła, later known as Pope St John Paul II, a very useful film, as well as a good one.
Congratulations to the 15 dedicated men who have taken the noble step of entering seminary to pursue their calling to the priesthood, representing a modest increase compared to the nine and six men who embarked on this journey in the preceding years
It is common to hear, ‘It’s a miracle’, for a sports comeback victory. Does the Church actually have a definition of a miracle?
Expectations are high for the bishops ongoing gathering in Rome, the ‘Synod on Synodality’, which began on Wednesday, October 4 and lasts until October 29.
I was asked to preach at the diocesan celebration in Gougane Barra at the start of October. We were marking the 1,400th anniversary of the death of St Finbarr, so it was a great privilege to be asked
This unusual exhibition at the Irish Architectural Archive (IAA), which has another week to run, is well worth catching, and the names of those mounting it should be noted for a sight of their future work.
Ruadhán Jones
Brendan O’Regan
Chai Brady
Peter Costello