The Vatican and the Women Deacons, by Phyllis Zagano (Orbis Books, US$20.00 / €18.90; distributed in Ireland and Britain by Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich; also available online directly from the Maryknoll Society site.) The role of women in the Church is one of the pressing matters of the day,…
Our kind bishop, Michael Duignan, once asked us: “Where and when in your ministry did you feel most happy and fulfilled?” Immediately my mind flew back over the years and miles to the Philippines, where I served as assistant director of formation in a seminary. There were only three of us on the full-time staff,…
Legion of Mary founder Frank Duff and St Thérèse of Lisieux both carried God to “the less obvious people” and shared a “real love for souls”, according to the organiser of this week’s visit of the saint’s relics to the Legion’s Dublin headquarters. The relics will be at Morning Star Avenue this Friday and Saturday,…
True education begins with recognising the value and dignity of every person, Archbishop Dermot Farrell has said, as he urged young people to have the courage to engage with the challenges of society rather than retreat from them. Speaking at the celebrations marking the centenary of Mercyhurst University in Pennsylvania, the Archbishop of Dublin said…
Now we come to a subject which is both personal and public, individual and political; impolite to mention and yet relevant to perception and communication. And possibly linked, also, to vanity. This concerns a person’s – most often a woman’s – face. It is a matter of obvious commentary that the Leader of the Opposition,…
Over 250 people gathered at Multyfarnham Friary in Co. Westmeath, on September 26 in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis. This Saturday, October 3, marks the anniversary, but the Church around the globe has been holding events in commemoration since January, as Pope Leo XIV has declared a Jubilee Year…
The Church must “earn the right to be listened to” in a changing Ireland rather than expect the influence it held in the past, Bishop Paul Dempsey has said. Speaking at Croke Park on Sunday at the conclusion of the three-day Walk the Cross pilgrimage, the Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin addressed pilgrims who had walked…
Last month, Catholic Education Partnership (CEP), working with the Irish Bishops’ Conference, launched Living Love Senior, an SPHE/RSE programme for the new Senior Cycle Leaving Certificate curriculum. And, it is a triumph. Those involved deserve huge credit, not only for the programme’s quality, but for producing it within the current deplorable state of education in…
Irish clergy have been invited for the first time to take part in the ‘European Futsal Championship For Priests’, which will be held in Prishtina, Kosovo, on February 1-5, 2027. Fr Mark Quinn, Tuam Parish, who is organising the Irish team, told The Irish Catholic that the tournament is in its 19th year, but it’s…
Pope steals the hearts of the French Jacques Hébert was one of the most anti-clerical figures of the French Revolution. Hébert and his faction led the anti-Christianisation campaign that reached its peak in Paris in 1793. The campaign closed churches, persecuted priests who would not swear loyalty to the Revolution and converted some churches…
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