Jenna Marie Cooper Q: Why do Orthodox Christians confirm their infants at Baptism and also permit babies to receive the Eucharist, and why do Catholics wait? A: Thank you for your interesting question! First, it’s not only Orthodox Christians who confer all three sacraments of initiation at the time of Baptism – Eastern Catholics do…
Historian Jessica Wärnberg explores the history of Rome through the eyes of the popes, she tells Ruadhán Jones When you walk through the streets of Rome, there’s an aspect you may take for granted, without considering the influence it has had in shaping this once pagan city into the home of Christianity – the papacy.…
Lift Up Their Hearts: Visiting Older People, Guidelines and Resources, by Mary Threadgold RSC (Messenger Publications, €6.95) This little booklet presents the essence of the experience of many years that Sr Mary Threadgold has worked with patients of all kinds, especially the elderly. It falls into two parts, the first dealing with the skills to…
If you stick your head in a sewer don’t be surprised by the smell, a Dublin priest tells Chai Brady Research into the idea of magic throughout history and understanding human reasoning regarding the supernatural is not a unique concept. However, even the academic study of topics such as witchcraft and the occult can open…
Gina Christian Russian occupation authorities have banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Church’s main communications office in Kyiv. The UGCC announced on its website December 7 that it had obtained a copy of an order signed by Yevgeny Balitsky, the Kremlin-installed…
Imogen Stuart RHA has long been a fixture of the Irish art scene, and her works can be found in so many church and religious foundations, that many people will be familiar with her skills as a wood carver without knowing they are. Last week RTÉ One broadcast a film about her created by her…
In the days of apartheid in South Africa, Christians there used to light candles and place them in their windows as a sign to themselves and others that they believed that someday this injustice would end. A candle burning in a window was a sign of hope and a political statement. The government didn’t miss…
A year from the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital, the cross is again overlooking Paris from the top of the newly installed wooden spire. On December 8, 2024, the most famous cathedral in the world will welcome the Faithful again. The French president said he will extend…
A new study has claimed that the cost to employ someone to do the work of a stay-at-home parent would be around €54,590 per year.
The research is from life insurance and pension provider Royal London Ireland and shows the estimated stay-at-home salary is up from 2022’s €53,480.
The papers and the bookshop windows are full of Christmastime promotions. Everyone is spoilt for choice. So I thought I should act like an editor and provide details of what seems to be an essential selection which all will enjoy. Dear Gay: Letters to the Gay Byrne Show, a hand written history of modern…
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