Dear Editor, it was good to see that the former Abbot of Glenstal Abbey Fr Mark Patrick Hederman OSB giving the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) a bit of a reality check at their recent meeting (IC 16/11/17). I was surprised, however, that the leadership of the ACP appeared to flatly reject Fr Hederman’s criticism…
The priority now has to be improving human rights and lifting millions of people out of extreme poverty, writes Seán Farrell Zimbabwe always struck me as a country struggling with how its past influenced the present. So many of my conversations in my two years working for Trócaire in the country revolved around the…
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said that one of his proudest achievements in leading the Church in Dublin is the launch of a new centre aimed at creating space for dialogue between faith and reason. The Notre Dame Newman Centre for Faith and Reason has marked an important milestone in Dublin with the celebration of the…
Vatican: Nuns walk by as the Christmas tree is positioned in St. Peter’s Square. Photo: CNS
De Valera: Volume 1 Rise 1882-1932 by David McCullagh (Gill Books, €24.99) Joe Carroll Apart from about eight full biographies of Eamon de Valera, there have been the hundreds if not thousands of articles and critiques covering his long life. What new is there to say? David McCullagh, who is a journalist with RTÉ…
Bangladesh: People pray in front of the National Eid Prayer Ground in Dhaka. Pope Francis is due to meet representatives of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in the country.
Myanmar: Pope Francis blesses an image of a sick child held by Reuters reporter Phil Pullella aboard his flight from Rome to Yangonfor his six-day visit to the country.
Youth Space Youth 2000 has been one of the main faith-building events that I have been to, writes Ruairí Ben McClintock Growing up my mother and father always encouraged me to love God. My mother used to read to us children’s Bible stories and my father prayed with us every night. Every Sunday we’d…
Notebook Fr Bernard Healy At the start of November this year, various Facebook friends began posting images and messages stating that with Hallowe’en behind us, now was the time for Christmas songs and decorations. Christmas seems to start earlier each year, but the current fad seems to be for the Christmas Season to encompass…
Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, concelebrates the beatification Mass of Irish-American friar Blessed Solanus Casey on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. At least 60,000 attended the beatification of the Capuchin Franciscan priest. Photo: CNS/Jeff Kowalsky.