People should be conscious of the dangers “both economic wise leading to unemployment and the moral issues” connected to artificialiIntelligence, or AI, according to Catholic leaders in Nigeria. Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye of Ekiti on Sunday told leaders in the country to avoid legislation that would give AI the power to hurt the welfare of…
Gerald Boland: A Life by Stephen Kelly (Eastwood Books / Wordwell, €20.00 / £18.99) Enoch Powell famously wrote that “all political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure”. The career of Gerald Boland was no exception. A senior figure in the Fianna Fáil party from its foundation in…
Nearly 50 employees of the Vatican Museums have initiated a labour dispute with the Holy See over what they allege are poor, unfair and unsafe working conditions, which could result in a class action lawsuit against Pope Francis’s administration. First reported by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the complaint has been lodged by 49 out…
Fr Shay Cullen During a meeting of top cabinet members, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed shock and dismay. He was very disturbed about the prevalence of online sexual abuse and exploitation of small children as young as three years old. This is due to the inaction of the telecommunications corporations that defy the law (RA…
How We Survived and Surprised: A Collection of Writing by Polio Survivors in Ireland (Post Polio Support Group Ireland, €10.00 plus postage; contact Post Polio Support Group, Unit 319 Capel Building, Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7; email infro@ppsg.ie; tel: 01 889 8920) From time to time in these pages we review books published in support of…
I was led down the garden path the other day – at Knock Shrine of all places! There’s a new Creation Walk about to be launched on May 25. It’s a celebration of God’s grandeur, 30 signposts, each marked living word. It begins with The Birth of the Cosmos 13.8 billion years ago and the…
In Barons Court Estate, Newtownstewart Parish (Derry Diocese) embarked on a fund-raising walk on May 12 with the purpose of restoring historic buildings (churches included), as part of its ‘heritage programme’. The Catholic parish and the Church of Ireland parish, sharing St Eugene as their patron, undertook this joint venture. The participating clergy were Fr…
The River Healer and other stories: A Journey to the Heartland of America by Paddy Reid (Liberties Press, €19.99 / £18.99) During the long 20 years after the Second World War, the large American glossy magazines which circulated in Ireland then, such as Life, Look, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, and House Beautiful brought Ireland a…
Kaya Jones, who was a singer with the globally famous band, Pussycat Dolls, has described in stark terms how she believes the music industry controls and abuses young women, including pressuring them into having an abortion. Ms Jones will be speaking at this year’s Rally for Life in Dublin this June. Last January, Kaya opened up on…
Over 1,000 of Ireland’s Syro Malabar community gathered in Knock for their annual pilgrimage. The event, which included a Mass that was presided over by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, was a fusion of colour and vibrancy as the largest gathering of the Syro Malabar community in Ireland celebrated their Faith in glorious sunshine. Fr Roy…
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