Faith Development The Dominican tradition grew out of a desire to know and love the truth, writes Fr Conor McDonough OP Dominican friars, also known as friars preachers, belong to a global movement with roots stretching back to the 13th century. In 1216, in response to widespread confusion in the south of France concerning the…
The Government betrays an alarming lack of the sophistication needed to oversee hate crime legislation, writes Fr Andrew McMahon “Nobody talks about sin anymore” is a comment still heard in parish life in Ireland – though typically from those of advanced years. One senses that the area of sexuality and relationships is uppermost in the…
Staff Reporter Fear is the greatest threat to peace in our world and religions have a key role to play in combatting it, an interfaith conference was told in Galway on Sunday. The 14th National Interfaith Conference was hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and Jesuit education specialist Fr Jacob Sunny SJ told those assembled…
Nigeria is at risk of following the fate of Afghanistan and being overrun by Islamist insurgents unless the West acts firmly to prevent terrorist violence there, an African bishop told British politicians. Bishop Jude Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, said the Christians of his country are suffering persecution so intense that it bordered on genocide. “The…
Bishop Barron reconsecrates vandalised cemetery Bishop Robert Barron of Rochester, Minnesota, has reconsecrated the diocese’s Calvary Cemetery after one or more vandals damaged the grounds with obscene and satanic graffiti. “Halloween night, this place was desecrated with some really obscene graffiti,” he said ahead of the ceremony November 11. “Even the name of Satan invoked.…
by Cindy Wooden The German bishops’ meeting with officials of the Roman Curia was not a “showdown,” but it did make clear the Vatican’s strong concerns about Germany’s Synodal Path, especially regarding its support for official ministries for women and for a change in Church teaching about homosexuality, said the president of the bishops’ conference.…
Ahead of the kick-off of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the “sports bishop” of the German Bishops’ Conference called for a critical look at conditions in the competition’s host country, including the situation of Christians. The international soccer competition kicked off on Sunday, November 20, in the State of Qatar, an emirate on the northeastern coast…
The retired archbishop of Strasbourg, France, admitted making “inappropriate gestures” to an adult woman when he was a Franciscan priest in the 1980s. Archbishop Jean-Pierre Grallet issued a public statement November 15. He said both a criminal investigation and canonical investigation were underway and that he would withdraw from speaking publicly during the investigations. He…
Pope Francis travels to share special meal with his cousins Pope Francis travelled to northern Italy on Saturday to celebrate the 90th birthday of his second cousin Carla Rabezzana with his Italian relatives. The 85-year-old Pope arrived by helicopter in the Italian province of Asti, 30 miles east of Turin, just before noon on November…
Dear Editor, Dr Tom Finegan [The Irish Catholic – November 10, 2022] puts us all in his debt by drawing our attention to a fault line in our thinking as Catholics. Like a geological fault line it is all the more dangerous for being unsuspected. We don’t think it is possible for us to imitate…