Dear Editor, Your letters’ page (IC 27/10/2016) has yet again raised the worthy idea of having a national day to remember those who lives have been cut short by the abortion industry. May I suggest that the Friday following the solemnity of Christ the King – falling between November 25 and December 1 inclusive –…
Courtney McGrail
Follow Bishop Buckley’s leadership
Dear Editor, Having had the experience and privilege of teaching in a faith-based Christian Brothers school with a rich tradition of catering for students from a variety of social background and some from the Jewish faith, the recent education conference on faith-based schools was timely. It is inevitable that pressure for a more secular and…
Vatican Roundup
Pope hosts unique Mass for prisoners Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for prisoners in the presence of 1,000 inmates on November 6. Organissed as part of the Vatican’s Year of Mercy celebrations, the Mass at St Peter’s Basilica brought prisoners together from 12 countries along with their families as well as prison chaplains. Addressing…
Welcoming angels unaware
Open Hearts, Open Arms: Welcoming Migrants to Ireland by Alan Hilliard (Messenger Publications, €3.99)
A Salesian to ‘true devotion’
Fr Pat Egan SDB recalls the late Fr Michael Ross
Impressive Irish footprints in the Alps
The World of Books
A poor choice as a ‘symbol of life’
Dear Editor, I was at Mass this morning and picked up the bishops’ postcard for Ireland’s Day for Life. I was dismayed to find Mary Robinson pictured on the postcard. Mary Robinson was for the legalisation of abortion as early as 1998. How in God’s holy name could our bishops use her as a symbol…
Abuse commission hears submissions on Cardinal Pell
An Australian commission examining cases of clerical child sex abuse has been urged to discount oral testimony from Cardinal George Pell, who is linked to the case of abuser priest Fr Peter Searson in the 1980s. In a submission to the Royal Commission, lawyers Gail Furness and Stephen Free insist that the claim of then…
Bishop Leahy sounds warning on impact of vocations crisis on Masses
Declining vocations coupled with falling Mass attendance may see churches in the Diocese of Limerick unable to offer weekly Sunday Masses in the future, Bishop Brendan Leahy has warned. Speaking during a wide-ranging interview with The Limerick Leader, the bishop readily acknowledged the scale of challenges facing his diocese in the modern era. “We are…
An altar among the ruins
An Iraqi man prepares a makeshift altar for the fi rst Sunday Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh after it was recaptured from Islamic State militants. Photo: CNS