In his ongoing catechesis for the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, Pope Leo XIV considers Mary as a model, perfect member of the Church, and mother Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome! The Second Vatican Council chose to dedicate the last chapter of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church to the Virgin Mary (cf.…
Good news not being thick on the ground these days, I’m delighted to note some very good news from the mother country: on April 24, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed to gain passage in the United Kingdom’s House of Lords, thus ending, for now, the efforts to legalise assisted suicide in…
The outcome of the Giggle v Tickle court case in Australia last week (c. May 14) is no laughing matter. Former film screenwriter Sall Grover set up the Giggle for Girls app for women to make contact with each other, and it used a facial recognition feature to screen out any men who tried to…
Since the introduction of the Munster round-robin championship in 2018, Waterford have failed to emerge from the province even once. Their only appearance beyond Munster came in the unique circumstances of the 2020 straight knockout Covid championship, when they reached an All-Ireland final behind closed doors. Once again, the Déise’s summer is effectively over before…
In the weeks leading up to Easter, dioceses and media outlets latched onto the high numbers of people set to become fully initiated into the faith in certain places to declare a sort of “Catholic revival,” which, according to one expert, isn’t exactly happening. “For example, I’ve heard how the Archdiocese of Newark has doubled…
On May 12, the French Senate rejected for the second time the assisted suicide bill under debate, with the leader of the conservative party calling for a referendum on the issue to avoid it being approved without the Senate’s approval. The National Assembly – France’s lower house – had already approved the bill twice, but…
President Donald Trump and several top administration officials joined with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy on Sunday at the National Mall in Washington for a prayer gathering billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation Under God” upon America’s 250th birthday. Some critics called the Rededicate 250 event an effort to…
Towards a truly universal ‘zero tolerance’ of family abuse Dear Editor, The recent correspondence regarding the complexities of the Irish family law system, alongside comments from various public representatives and legal professionals, invites a necessary reflection on the nature of abuse and our collective duty to protect children. While the pain expressed by mothers who…
On May 13 the Vatican issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent constitutes a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication. Pope Leo XIV is praying for enlightenment so that the leaders of the Society of St Pius X “may reconsider the extremely…
Pope Leo XIV visited Rome’s public La Sapienza University on May 14, the largest university in Europe and one of Italy’s most prestigious academic institutions, where he denounced the “great lie” he said is causing anxiety and depression among young people. Speaking in the university’s Aula Magna after a brief moment of prayer in the…
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