Martin O’Brien meets Ireland’s first female bishop
Medjugorge film hits Irish screens
A documentary film examining the global impact of Medjugorje is to be screened in a number of Irish cinemas from November 29. A documentary film examining the global impact of Medjugorje is to be screened in a number of Irish cinemas from November 29. In an agreement struck between Irish tour operator Marian Pilgrimages and…
Faith sustaining GAA star in MND battle
“I’m a person of faith” – Antrim GAA star Anto Finnegan
Life’s Little Things
Board games teach children good life lessons
Young people need Good News now more than ever
Young people are not beyond our reach, writes Paddy Daly
Celebrating the feast of St Nicholas
Sew a Christmas stocking this year for a family member
The opportunity for the Church
I'm back in Australia after two months in Europe, including Ireland. I find it difficult to overestimate the rate and depth of change I witnessed and the collapse of a phase of the Church's life that is currently underway. Throughout the world, but particularly in Ireland, the sense of the end of an era that…
Feeding the Hungry Sheep
Food for the Soul, by Brian D’Arcy CP (Columba Press, €14.99 / £12.50)
In the wake of the Rising
The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, by Charles Townsend (Allen Lane, €29.50/£25)
Four days that changed the world
Parkland (12A) For many people, John F. Kennedy’s assassination 50 years ago was a kind of pre-9/11 experience, an iconic moment. The famous question, “Where were you when JFK was shot?” subsequently became associated with other figures like Elvis and Princess Diana etc., but he was the first. The four dark days of his death…