Dear Editor, It was lovely to see at the weekend Pope Francis hosting a lunch for some of Rome’s vulnerable and needy people. It’s a beautiful witness to the Gospel imperative to reach out to those who society forgets. While the critics of the Church will often point to what they perceive to be the…
Vatican: People take photos as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass marking the first World Day of the Poor in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Young people urged to take it easy with sport Too much sport can be damaging for teenagers, a leading surgeon has warned. Patrick Carton, a hip consultant at Waterford’s Whitfield clinic, has revealed he has been operating on 10 patients a week with hip problems caused by arduous training regimes. Some of these patients have…
Breaking News: An Autobiography by Jeremy Thompson (Biteback Publishing, £20.00) Peter Hegarty Thompson’s writing is as assured and informed as his reports for Sky News were. He has a keen eye for the haunting details of a story, describing the scorched shapes of Iraqi soldiers, ‘sightlessly staring’ from the cabs of their burned-out trucks. During a…
Vatican: Pope Francis speaks before eating lunch with the poor in the Paul VI hall after celebrating Mass marking the first World Day of the Poor.
USA: Jeanette Vizguerra, a mother of four who lived in Denver churches for 86 days to avoid immigration authorities, is hugged during an immigration rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Italy: Seminarian Samuel Bass from the Diocese of Austin greets a woman as poor people leave after eating lunch at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
USA: Capital letters representing the 89 chapters of “The Four Holy Gospels” are seen inside The Art of the Gospels by Makoto Fujimura gallery at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC.
In Short After 100 years nativity statues from a North Belfast church have been restored with the help of young people, an artist, and the Housing Executive. Over time the figures were substantially damaged but restoration work from local young people, shepherded by Antrim artist Janet Crymble, has given them a new lease of life…
Kiladare: Orla Curtin, Sarah Lennon and Aishling Mc Kenna graduate from the Pontifical University St Patrick’s College Maynooth. Archbishop Eamon Martin presided over the ceremony which included 241 lay, clerical and religious students and 24 permanent deacons who were first to complete a Diploma in Diaconal studies. Photo: John Mc Elroy.