The unprecedented consultative document, sent out in preparation for a 2014 meeting of the world’s bishops, is available online on diocesan websites.
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‘When will children be safe?’
This coming weekend Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will celebrate a Mass in the Pro Cathedral in Dublin with the anniversary of 10 years of the establishment of the Dublin Diocese Child Protection Service in late 2003. This is not a celebration but it will acknowledge and thank the people who are helping to protect children from…
Fr Jerome Murphy-O’Connor OP: In Memoriam
Fr Brendan McConvery remembers a renowned biblical teacher and scholar
Keeping faith in the law
Martin O’Brien meets controversial Attorney General John Francis Larkin
Shatter’s attack on the family
A forthcoming law will be the most far-reaching attack on the family, writes David Quinn
Why we need Purgatory, with C.S. Lewis
Thomas G. Casey, SJ examines key lessons from a genius of modern Christianity
Dad’s Diary
Sharing the magic of fairies and folklore
A delicious gingerbread Nativity set
Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked gingerbread at Christmas
A feast of film at the IFI
Documentary may not be the most popular genre, but done well can have quite an impact. Powerfuland well-made as it was, it’s hard to see what effect The Disappearedwill have (RTÉ 1 Monday, BBC 4 Tuesday, last week). Darragh MacIntyre certainly re-opened the controversy about the people were ‘disappeared’ in Northern Ireland in the 1970s,…
Up before the bench
The Irish District Court: A social Portrait