Fr Seán McDonagh discusses the significance of the celebrations of the 1,400th anniversary of the death of St Columban
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Quotes of the Week October 10
“It is a disgrace.” Pope Francis reacts to news of migrant fatalities on the shores of Lampadusa on October 3. "Organisations of human traffickers, which attract potential migrants and refugees should be put under immediate control. Migrants have their illusion of finding the earthly paradise in Yemen, in Italy or in Europe, which is…
Jean Vanier’s vision for our future
Signs of the Time: Seven Paths of Hope for a Troubled World, by Jean Vanier, translated by Ann Shearer (Darton, Longman & Todd, €10.99 / £8.99)
Tuam Papal Cross candidates visit Clare Island
A group of 20 young people from the Archdiocese of Tuam recently visited Clare Island.
Dublin conference on Traveller inclusion
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin launches the ‘Embracing Inclusion’ conference on the pastoral care of Travellers
Voice for the invisible
Sister Clare O’Mahony tells Martin O’Brien about being the face of Christ to prostitutes
Historic day for Ardagh and Clonmacnois
Diocese welcomes Bishop Francis Duffy
Unfinished business for the Dáil
Nothing is served by belittling Catholicism, says Fr Andrew McMahon
66% of people in Ireland do not have a will
Recent research shows only 34% of adults in Ireland have made a will
Faith on the interface
Martin O’Brien visits Fr Gary Donegan in Ardoyne, Belfast