We Irish tend to be a cheerful bunch. We like to look on the bright side, and hope for the best. Yet there are times when it’s prudent to be wary, and even fearful.
Finding peace during one of the world’s most dangerous times
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Incardination of predator priest Rupnik is an epic fail for synodality
So, former Jesuit Marko Ivan Rupnik, the priest dismissed by the Society of Jesus after it was determined that charges of his sexual ‘misconduct’ with between nine and 20 or more women, and at least one man, were credible, has been incardinated as a priest in Slovenia’s Diocese of Koper.
The beauty of the moral life
Promulgated August 6, 1993, by St John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor is the holy pontiff’s articulation of Catholic moral principles. It views the moral life through the lens of the rich young man, who comes to Christ asking what he must do to inherit eternal life.
Argentina will get first home-grown saint when ‘Mama Antula’ is canonised
Argentina will get its first home-grown female saint in early 2024 with the canonisation of Blessed María Antonia de San José.
Sacred architecture and witness: A tale of two temples
“Beauty will save the world,” Dostoyevsky famously wrote in his novel, The Idiot.
A ‘formula for life’: St John Paul II’s extraordinary devotion to the Eucharist
Pope St John Paul II passed on to his eternal reward on Divine Mercy Sunday in 2005. Many of us have memories of keeping vigil, praying for the pope in his final hours
The rich history of Jews in Ireland
Hidden in an unsuspecting row house on a quiet street is the Irish Jewish Museum, the only one of its kind in Dublin. It was opened on June 20, 1985, by Israeli president Chaim Herzog, who was born in Belfast.
Why more letters from Paul than Peter?
Perhaps some apostles have more writings in the New Testament than others because – like their successors, today’s bishops – they were human beings with different strengths, talents and particular pastoral concerns.
Son of an unknown father
I am writing this article from Sligo. I am here preaching the annual novena in honour of St Martin de Porres.
A teacher like no other
A good teacher can influence a student in profound ways. Think back to a teacher who may have shaped or transformed the direction of your life.