The Catholic Schools’ Trustee Service (CSTS) has called on people to express their concerns and engage in the Department of Education’s Relationships and Sexuality Education consultation, which will impose ideological views on abortion. The CSTS asked those concerned to respond to the department’s consultation before it closes on November 24. The CSTS believes that the legislation brought…
Christians should be striving for the same ‘unity of life’ Christ embodied, writes Russell Shaw The state or condition called “unity of life” isn’t a virtue in itself. It can even serve bad ends. So what’s it doing as the subject of an article on virtues for people trying to lead good lives out in…
Fr Patrick Briscoe OP The year was 1938, and the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain delivered a powerful radio address against antisemitism, as relevant today as it was then. His words, spoken in the shadow of the Holocaust and the rise of Nazi Germany, were a voice of reason and compassion springing from the heart…
What has been happening in Israel and Gaza has horrified the world, writes Prof. Séamus Murphy The world has been following the horrors unfolding in the Middle East after the terrorist attack against Israel by Hamas on October 7 which saw 1,400 people killed, the vast majority being civilians. More than 240 hostages were taken…
The Colombian Bishops’ Conference has thanked God for the release of Luis Manuel Díaz, father of the Liverpool footballer, Luis Díaz, who was held captive for nearly two weeks by the rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN). “We thank God for the release of Mr Luis Díaz! Already with him are Francisco Ceballos, bishop…
Sr Nancy Usselmann Integrating our faith with our media use is a real challenge, particularly as adverse media messages often run so contrary to our values. How can we bring faith into our digital media dialogue without losing who we are as Christians? How can we become holy within a culture that often tempts us…
Hope Ireland held a conference on Saturday afternoon in Dublin which saw medical professionals speak out against euthanasia and in favour of strengthening Ireland’s palliative care. It was held against the backdrop of the ongoing Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying which is considering whether to introduce euthanasia and assisted suicide. All members of the…
A steady decline in priests self-describing as progressive has reached zero-point, writes Ruadhán Jones The number of priests in the United States self-describing as theologically ‘progressive’ has steadily declined, to the point that in younger generations the phenomenon has all but vanished, a new report shows. No priests surveyed by The Catholic Project who were…
Dr Thomas O’Loughlin Anyone who sees a loaf of bread and slices it knows that there is something very basic about this foodstuff and this action of dividing it. Bread, so the saying goes, is “the staff of life”. But bread comes to us as loaves, and when we cut them up there is an…
The popular live animal crib will return to Dublin’s Mansion House, the Lord Mayor of Dublin announced, after public backlash to a decision to cancel the live crib last year. Lord Mayor Daithí de Róiste acknowledged the importance of the Christmas tradition, saying on November 9 that the live crib is a “huge part of”…
Ruadhán Jones