Some of the youth group taking part in the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes with the Diocese of Meath Michael Smith and participating clergy.
Courtney McGrail
Media Watch
At least one magazine is happy to follow Papal advice Would-be cutting edge stuff in the latest issue of The Phoenix, with the ‘Clerical Errors’ column taking a rusty scalpel to the timing of papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown’s August 22 Irish Times interview, risibly billed at the time as the nuncio’s “first Irish interview”.…
Primate visits the Holy Land in solidarity
Archbishop Eamon Martin joined the other heads of the bishops’ conferences from across Europe on a visit to the Holy Land for the annual Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE). He is pictured with young people in Nazareth who he said asked “us to help them save their faith schools”.
Cobh holds candlelit vigil for refugees
Cobh parish held a candlelit vigil on Sunday to remember the thousands of refugees who have lost their lives at sea and the suffering of those fleeing conflict in Syria and Iraq. The event, organised by Cobh solicitor Don Ryan in association with Trócaire and Cobh Cathedral, followed a Mass celebrated by Bishop William Crean.…
Dialogue with other faiths is not just for theologians
Christians and Muslims should rejoice in our common humanity, writes Fr Martin McGee OSB
Reflecting with Roma
Faith plays a vital role in her life, Irish actress Roma Downey tells April Clare Welsh
No need for the greetings
Dear Editor, May I, through the medium of your paper, appeal to all priests to stop saying “Good morning” (or “Good evening”) immediately after saying “The Lord be with you”. “The Lord be with you” is a most sublime and wonderful greeting, calling on “The Holy One of Israel” to be present with every person…
Archbishop wanted reasonable debate
Dear Editor, Fr Andrew McMahon’s September 10 article on confusion and Church communications during the marriage referendum helped shed valuable light on why the referendum was lost. It seems unfair, however, to blame the Archbishop of Dublin for claiming that he wanted to express his intention to vote ‘no’ through “the reasoned language of social…
Beautiful shrine, poor infrastructure
Dear Editor, The National Eucharistic Congress begins at 10am on a Saturday and ends about 5pm Sunday. That leaves a lot of things for visitors to do. But is Knock the wrong location? Knock is basically a place for day visits only, since it has only one hotel, and that of 21 bedrooms, i.e. catering…
World news in brief
Europe’s bishops call for European solution As the European Union is founded on the solidarity of Europeans, so the current refugee crisis should be recognised as a common challenge that needs a common solution, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) has said. Describing as “unacceptable” the attempts by some countries to evade their responsibilities, the…