In week three of his Dei Verbum catechesis, Pope Leo XIV affirms that Sacred Scripture and tradition cannot be independent from one another. Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome! Continuing our reading of the Conciliar Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation, today we will reflect on the relationship between Sacred Scripture and…
“I will always be close to God, because he is the most important thing in my life.” This is how Joe Wilson, a young Scotsman on the path to sainthood, expressed his profound relationship with the Lord in his personal diary, which since his sudden death at the age of 17 in 2011 has inspired…
This week there’s one show on the way out, two on the way in and one getting well established. Last week there was no more of the long-running show Press Preview, (Sky News) a disappointing development I thought. It was essential nightly viewing for avid news heads, as two prominent UK journalists pored over the…
Bishop Jesús Fernández of Córdoba has said that the “confusion” of the authorities prevented priests at the scene of the recent train crash in Adamuz from administering last rites to victims. Fernández said priests at the scene of the accident couldn’t administer last rites to the victims because authorities “thought the dead were already dead…
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923-33, by Owen O’Shea (University College Dublin Press, €30.00 / £24.99) This is an account of how Kerry people emerged from the horrors of the Civil War, or as the author pithily puts it – how they settled their political differences by ballots…
The elevation of St John Henry Newman to the 38th Doctor of the Church was a moment of great joy for Catholics around the world, especially in England, where Newman was born, educated, preached, taught and wrote. The title honours not only his holiness of life but also his deep theological insight, which continues to…
Pre-Famine fever epidemics: A case study of the Cork Street Fever Hospital, Dublin, by Ciarán McCabe (Maynooth Studies in Local History / Four Courts Press, €12.95 / £10.99) Molly Malone is a much-disputed Dublin character. Though she may well have been a songwriter’s invention, her death from a “fever” was one which certainly carried…
Sarah Mullally walked into St Paul’s Cathedral on January 28 as the Bishop of London. When she walked out in the afternoon as bells rang out, she was the spiritual leader of millions of Anglicans around the world. Mullally, 63, became the Archbishop of Canterbury, making her the first woman to lead the Church of…
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