How can Scripture draw us more deeply to God? One ancient Christian practice offers a path: lectio divina, Latin for ‘sacred reading.’ It is one of the earliest forms of Christian prayer, long recommended by the Church as a way to let the Bible come alive in our hearts. From the beginning, Christians followed the…
Friendship and inclusion: the keys to unlocking closed doors Dear Editor, As a priest who worked in England for over 50 years, I have returned home in retirement, and am wrestling to fully understand what is happening in the Church of my homeland. There are shattering changes across the religious dimensions of Catholicism nationwide, and…
John McGinley Across the UK & Ireland, something quiet and yet unmistakable is stirring. People are beginning to seek God. A quiet revival is breaking ground, and the Spirit is moving with fresh power and purpose. The Lord is at work, drawing hearts, shifting spiritual atmospheres, and calling His Church to consecration, and courageous obedience.…
Political generosity in the upcoming presidential election Dear Editor, In the interest of democracy, local authority council elected members should be allowed a free vote when it comes to the nomination of presidential candidates. They should not be fettered by political party loyalties which block potential candidates. The constitutional requirements were never intended to be…
Tetiana Metyk Ukrainian refugees carry deep spiritual wounds that, with God’s help, need healing. In the small chapel at Summerhill College in Sligo, around twenty parishioners are gathered for the Sunday Liturgy. Most are young or middle-aged, attending with their families. Little girls in bright dresses, fidgety boys occasionally dashing into the college corridor to…
At Dublin Zoo, a passenger plane soared harmlessly overhead. For most visitors, it was a passing curiosity. But for a group of Ukrainian children, the sound was unbearable. They screamed, dropped to the ground, and hid in terror. “They were seized by unspeakable fear,” recalled Fr Vasyl Kornitsky, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest now serving…
Dear Editor, the recent Ukrainian ‘Operation Spider web’, which targeted airbases and military hardware across Russia in a simultaneous drone attack over several time zones deep behind enemy lines without loss of life, was a sharp contrast with how the rest of the war was being waged in the trench warfare in eastern Ukraine aka…
Trócaire partner Caritas Jerusalem’s medical point in Deir al-Balah, Gaza completed evacuation on Tuesday morning, July 22. The medical facility and the medicine supply warehouse are located in the Al-Bourka area of Deir al-Balah. The evacuation process started on Sunday, July 21 as a precautionary measure taken following an Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) evacuation order for…
On June 26, 2025, Pope Leo XIV visited the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Synod in Rome, where he presided over an afternoon session of the XVI Ordinary Council of the Synod of Bishops. The Pope, who serves as the council’s president, met with bishops and lay members to discuss the ongoing implementation…