by Junno Arocho Esteves A series of deadly raids by Israeli authorities in the West Bank and attacks on Jewish civilians in the first month of the new year have made the goal of a lasting peace in the Holy Land seemingly unattainable. The January 26 raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, which…
The Canadian government has introduced legislation to delay by one year plans to include mental illness among the list of conditions eligible for the country’s assisted suicide program. The assisted suicide law – called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) – excludes Canadians from eligibility whose only medical condition is mental illness. In 2021 lawmakers excluded…
There was a full house in Trinity College Dublin for a talk on the life of St Titus Brandsma, who was killed by the Nazis for speaking out against anti-Jewish laws. Dr Fernando Millán Romeral O.Carm., former prior general of St Brandsma’s Carmelite congregation, explored the saint’s battle for truth and freedom in his February…
‘Pope’s ministry is for life’, says Pope Francis Pope Francis addressed once again the question of whether he will resign the papacy in two conversations with Jesuit priests in Africa this month. “I believe that the pope’s ministry is ad vitam. I see no reason why it should not be so,” the Pope said February…
Dear Editor, Dublin City Centre is in a sorry state of affairs. Reading your front page [The Irish Catholic – February 9, 2023] brought home the challenges facing our inner city churches. Anyone who has been out in Dublin, particularly in the evening, can see first hand the homelessness and drugs epidemic that is causing…
by John Harris OP Notebook It was the Thursday (February 18) after Ash Wednesday 1858 that the Lady first spoke to Bernadette. On the two previous occasions (February 11 and 14) the Lady had appeared to Bernadette she had said nothing. On this first Thursday of Lent the Lady asked Bernadette to come to the…
The consecrated women who cared for Pope Benedict XVI in his retirement gently stroked his hands before his body was carried on a red-covered stretcher to a van for its last journey to St. Peter’s Basilica. The women, members of Memores Domini, along with Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the late Pope’s personal secretary, and Dr Patrizio…
by Chai Brady and Jason Osborne Exclusive Catholics have been warned not to be “misled” by bogus friend requests on social media from people they do not know inviting them to online prayer meetings and claiming to be Catholic or Christian. The warning comes in light of a wave of fake profiles on Facebook in…
Sport and religion overlap in that they can teach people values and understanding, writes Gerard Gallagher Sport continues to unite people from different backgrounds. This was evident recently. During December as the World Cup was played during a political storm, it was uplifting to see many sports stars make some small gestures of ritual and…
There are many Irish Catholics on the path to sainthood who deserve to be known better, writes Fr John Hogan While Ireland has a long list of saints dating from the earliest years of Christianity, since the Church’s process of canonisation was formalised, few Irish have been proposed for glorification. At the moment 93 Irish…