Frank Litton Catholic Discordance: Neoconservatism vs the Field Hospital Church of Pope Francis by Massimo Borghesi (Liturgical Press Academic, US$29.95/£23.99) Two women shout across the street in angry argument from their tenement rooms. The doctor, poet and wit, Oliver St John Gogarty turns to his companion: “those women will never agree.” “How do you know?.”…
Barb Farze Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about “the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that’s deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers,” said the archbishop who serves as a “foreign minister” for the Ukrainian Catholic Church.…
The Vatican published on Saturday a long-awaited document implementing Pope Francis’ reform of the organisation and structure of the Roman Curia. The apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium (“Preach the Gospel”), was released initially only in Italian on March 19 after nine years in production by the Pope’s Council of Cardinal Advisers. The constitution underlines that “any member of…
Staff reporter The Faculty of Philosophy at Maynooth is set to host a conference next month exploring what Christianity can bring to current debates in the world. Leading speakers will include Rowan Williams (the former Archbishop of Canterbury), John Milbank (the founding figure of Radical Orthodoxy), David Bentley Hart (the public voice of Eastern Orthodoxy…
A Ukrainian priest described escaping from his bombed-out parish in Mariupol and said he still hopes some Catholics will survive the relentless Russian onslaught. Pauline Father Pavlo Tomaszewski said the decision to leave was not easy, “but when they started shelling the whole city, we realised we’d have to go”. “They bombed and shelled us…
Archbishop Martin to join Pope in consecrating Russia and Ukraine Archbishop Eamon Martin said he is looking forward to joining Pope Francis in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25. Pope Francis invited bishops and priests across the globe to join him in the prayer for peace and act…
Dear Editor, Your forthright editorial [The Irish Catholic – March 10, 2022] concerning what amounts to nothing less than a scandalous denigration of Catholic education, spoke for many. That those politicians that once came from a Catholic understanding now show their true colours are shameful. The SDLP, in particular, is showing how much there is now a deeply…
Church workers are concerned because increasingly desperate South Sudanese are looting humanitarian aid supplies and attacking aid workers in an effort to get food. Some leading causes of the food shortages are armed conflict and climate change. While the violence resulting from the conflict has hurt livelihoods and caused deaths, climate change-induced floods have displaced…
Targeted supports needed for elderly in cost of living crisis A charity that supports older people to age at home have called for a “pandemic-like response” from the Government to help older people address the rising cost of living crisis. The charity Alone said in a statement that targeted measures are needed to support older…
Priest threatened in Mexico in area of increasing violence A priest involved with social and environmental causes in southern Mexico was threatened by gangs, the latest in a wave of increasing violence gripping the communities served by the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas. Fr Matías Rodríguez Jiménez was threatened by five individuals on…