This new book by the popular writer Denis McBride will delight his many admirers and win him new ones. Covering in turn the Joyful Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries and the Glorious Mysteries, Fr McBride takes the reader through a series of meditations which draw out in a wonderful way the meaning and…
Courtney McGrail
The saviour of Foxford
Agnes Morrogh-Bernard, Foundress of Foxford Woollen Mills by Margaret Molloy foreword by Mary Robinson (Mercier Press, €14.99).
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Pope decries killing of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya
“The blood of our Christian brothers and sisters is a testimony which cries out to be heard,” said Pope Francis in an address to the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, expressing his sorrow at the murder of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya by Islamic State Militants. “It makes no difference whether they be Catholics,…
We must manage economy, argues Hondouran cardinal
The economy is a human creation, so humans have the responsibility to manage it in a way that benefits the most people, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, president of the Church’s aid and development agency Caritas Internationalis and co-ordinator of Pope Francis’ nine-man council of cardinal-advisers. “The economy is not a god. We have…
Religious liberty of objectors should be respected – American survey’s findings
While a plurality of Americans support the legalisation of same-sex marriage, most believe that the religious liberty of those who object to such marriages should still be respected, a poll shows. The Associated Press poll, conducted between January 1 and February 2, shows that 44% of Americans favour legalisation of same-sex marriage, 39% oppose it…
Questions but no answers from Canadian bishops’ questionnaire
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited dioceses to prepare for the worldwide Synod of Bishops with a set of questions on marriage and family life, but does not intend to release the questionnaire’s findings. The questionnaire is based on a set of 46 questions issued by the Holy See in the aftermath of…
Nigerian archbishop urges funding for electoral commission
The federal government must provide enough funds to the Independent National Electoral Commission for it to be able to conduct the general elections across Nigeria March 28 and April 11, said Archbishop Gabriel ‘Leke Abegunrin of Ibadan. The archbishop noted that the electoral commission had been complaining of a lack of funds needed, including for…
Vatican Round-up
Vatican’s economic reform on track, resistance from some, cardinal says As fresh economic reforms begin to take hold throughout the Vatican, Pope Francis’ finance minister has revealed that Rome has more than €1.3 billion in assets it didn’t previously know it possessed, although this must be balanced against a projected deficit of more than €700 million in its pension fund. The overall effect, according…
Vatican Round-up
Pope’s promotion of spiritual purification is ‘painful and liberating’ In reforming the Roman Curia, “Pope Francis is promoting a spiritual purification of the temple, which is both painful and liberating, with the aim of making the glory of God, light of all, shine again in the Church,” according to Cardinal Gerhard Müller. Writing in L’Osservatore…