Last June, the Limerick minor hurlers ended a remarkable 42-year wait for All-Ireland glory, producing a last-gasp surge to come from behind and defeat neighbours Tipperary in a memorable decider before a huge crowd at the Gaelic Grounds. Deep into stoppage time, Kilmallock’s Gavin O’Brien struck a spectacular goal to drag Limerick level. Seconds later,…
Education Nation discusses these changes with the CEO of Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust, Maeve Mahon Catholic education is not a static idea, neither is it an abstract or ethereal pursuit. It is a participative, living tradition, and right now it is undergoing one of the most significant periods of change in its evolutionary…
The purpose of this article is to suggest that, in certain respects, the actions of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth show the influence – direct or indirect – of Italian Renaissance political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527). I had an ‘epiphany’ in this regard while attending a conference in Florence recently on the…
As the northern winter approaches, Scandinavia’s Catholic Church is witnessing unprecedented growth, with more people turning to the faith in reaction to the region’s highly secularised culture. “The Church is gaining strength thanks to an upsurge in Catholic conversions,” explained Ragnhild Aadland Høen, public affairs officer for Norway’s Council of Catholic Bishops. “And where there…
If we try to imagine God, it’s easy to become an atheist. Why? Try imagining this: We believe that one Person, God, is the sole creator of all that exists. Now, all that exists, although itself finite, is already beyond what we can imagine – billions of galaxies, trillions of planets, and billions of people…
Catholics must not live their faith in opposition or “hostility” toward modern culture, Pope Leo XIV said, emphasising that integrating faith and culture is essential to living out the Christian vocation and sharing the Gospel with others. “The authentic relationship between faith and culture is rooted in the Incarnation,” he said in his address to…
More than 400 years ago, Friars Pedro de Corpa, Blas Rodríguez, Miguel de Anon, Antonio de Badajoz, and Francisco de Veráscola surrendered their lives standing for the sanctity of marriage. “We do well to lovingly speak their names, for they are holy members of the family of God,” said Cardinal Frank Leo of Toronto while…
In 1963, Albanian Cardinal Ernest Simoni was arrested and sentenced to death by Albania’s communist, officially atheist government after celebrating a Mass for the late US President John F. Kennedy for the repose of his soul. In an interview with Mark Irons of “EWTN News In Depth,” the 98-year-old Simoni explained how he escaped death…
Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich of Puno, Peru, died at age 76, just two days after the death of Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia of Cusco and less than two weeks before Pope Leo XIV arrives in the country. His death was announced Sunday, November 1, during a Mass at the Shrine of the Virgin…
Catholic leaders in Africa have described the Church’s growth there as an opportunity to share its faith, vocations, and missionary experience with the universal Church while continuing to receive gifts from other local Churches. According to the latest statistics published by Agenzia Fides, Africa’s Catholic population has now surpassed Europe’s, rising to 288.3 million compared…
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