Simon Harris has halted funds needed to preserve women’s lives in order to pay for abortion, writes Niamh Uí Bhriain Last year, we were repeatedly told that Irish women would be safer in pregnancy if the Eighth Amendment was repealed. In fact, when opinion polls showed support for repeal was slipping, The Irish Times rushed…
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has published an additional 23 names of priests who had been accused of child sexual abuse after they were deceased. All of the allegations have been previously reported to law enforcement, in most cases more than a decade ago. Released on April 24, the 23 additional names join 103 other clergy…
Letter from Rome Inés San Martín A new ‘super dicastery’ on evangelisation might be one of the most significant reforms of the governing structures of the Vatican, according to a new report. Spanish journalist Dario Menor Torres, writing for the weekly Vida Nueva, reveals several elements of the new Vatican constitution that has been in development…
While recent policy changes in the US have left the people of Cuba facing increasing uncertainty, the message of the Catholic Church is always that security is ultimately found in Christ, said a priest from the island nation. “This is the task of the Church: to say that salvation is found only is Jesus, who…
Hannah Harn discusses when working hard becomes a health risk Everybody has had a long week, pulled an all-nighter, or worked overtime on different occasions throughout their life. However, sometimes an extra shift at work can turn into a much more serious issue. Workaholism is often referred to as the compulsion to do work.…
Catholic leaders have offered prayers for the Philippines after two earthquakes struck the region last week. A magnitude-6.1 earthquake hit the nation’s largest and most populous island of Luzon on April 22. An unrelated magnitude-6.4 quake struck the island of Samar the following day. Numerous buildings, including a few churches, were destroyed or damaged by…
The Archbishop of Colombo says that government officials in Sri Lanka should be fired for failing to act on tips that terrorist attacks were imminent in the hours preceding Easter Sunday bombings in the country. “It’s absolutely unacceptable behaviour on the part of these high officials of the government, including some of the ministry officials,”…
Catholic bishops from around the US were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others injured. “Our country should be better than this; our world should be beyond such acts of hatred and anti-Semitism,” said Cardinal Daniel…
Several Catholic bishops have appealed to the Nigerian government to expedite actions that will lead to the release of Leah Sharibu and other girls held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. In their Easter messages, the bishops also urged the government to end the incessant and wanton killings of fellow citizens in the country; no one…
Mindful Living Dr Noel Keating Spirituality can be considered to be an innate dynamism of the human person which inspires us to live life with authenticity; for many it is linked with a specific understanding of the sacred and the transcendent in life. Western culture today tends to undermine any expression of spirituality in…