‘Time is running out’ to save sharks and rays The BBC reported that sharks and rays are disappearing from the world’s oceans at an “alarming rate”. A new study suggests that the number of sharks found in open ocean has dropped by up to 71% over 50 years, with three quarters of the species studied…
Cathedral soup kitchen feeds Seoul’s homeless The Seoul archdiocese is helping homeless people with a soup kitchen run out of Myongdong Cathedral. The energy and chemicals division of SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is sponsoring the programme by supporting 1,400 packed lunches each week. Lunches are served to homeless people every Wednesday,…
Living Words: A booklet for renewal of the Holy Spirit by Michael Hurley (Messenger Publications, €4.95) This booklet is the accompaniment as a sort of ‘workbook’ to Michael Hurley’s Inspiring Faith Communities. A programme of Evangelisation (Messenger Publications, €12.95/£11.95) This, in essence, is a prayer book for daily use. It consists of a collection of scripture passages…
Dear Editor, I am writing to respond to Jason Osborne’s article, Church leadership has to change to be seen [IC 14/01/2021]. He did provide helpful suggestions from people who have studied this crisis of faith we are facing e.g., Prof. Tom Inglis and Fr Eugene Duffy. Fr Duffy was right to emphasise the importance of…
The Sunday Gospel Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. A song that comes down to us from the days of slavery in USA is the voice of a suffering people. “Hard times, hard times come again no more.” It’s a sentiment many of us can relate to in this difficult period. It’s hard to keep going.…
Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world. Most people are not aware of this fact, partly because of the lack of media reporting. One country where Christians face continuous persecuted is Pakistan. Christians make up a small minority of Pakistan’s population, around 1-2% of the population. Pakistan has over two hundred million…
Irish Olympian Jerry Kiernan will be remembered as a man of “great integrity and faith”, according to Fr Tom O’Keeffe of Cabinteely parish. “Everyone who left St Brigid’s Boys school would say Jerry was a tremendous influence on their lives, a man of great integrity and deep faith indeed too,” Fr O’Keeffe said. Mr Kiernan’s…
Dr Anthony Fauci told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board January 21 that “in the coming days”, President Joe Biden will revoke the so-called “Mexico City policy”, which blocks US funding of foreign nongovernmental organisations that perform and promote abortion as a form of family planning. Women’s health The action will be part of…
At least 750 people are reported dead after an attack on an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to a European watch-group. Lost ark On January 9, the Europe External Programme with Africa reported that the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, about 80 miles west of Adigrat, had been…
An association of Spanish education advocates will appeal to the European Union to prevent Spain’s socialist government from implementing an education law that will restrict the exercise of the rights of parents in deciding their children’s education. The law, approved by the Spanish parliament December 23, 2020 prevents parents from choosing religious schools for their…