Gana, a refugee from Kharkiv—one of the Ukrainian cities hardest hit by Russian attacks—found safety in Ireland not only from the war, but also from her abusive husband. Now she fears she and her five-year-old daughter, who has autism, could be left without a home. Gana is deeply concerned by the Irish Government’s plans to…
A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit consecration of a “bishop” on July 25 in spite of repeated warnings that doing so would constitute a schismatic act and a break from the Catholic Church. The Transalpine Redemptorists, or the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, livestreamed the counterfeit ceremony from their monastery…
Congrats on Herzog, now reinstate Villa Spada Dear Editor, this is a letter to An Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence Helen McEntee. We wish to commend you on your opposition to the proposal to rename Herzog Park. As Irish citizens who place great…
Dublin is coming alive with the joy of Christmas, and there’s no better way to begin the holiday celebrations than at The Moving Crib, now open at 42 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, running daily through 4 January 2026. Why not plan your Christmas outing today and share this cherished Dublin tradition with family and friends?…
Dear Editor, this is a letter to Maria Steen. Firstly I am deeply disappointed that you are not on the list of candidates for President of Ireland. To have missed a nomination by a mere two signatures makes it heartbreaking for you as it was for those of us who had pinned our hopes on…
Not Making Hay: The life and deadlines of a “diary” farmer, by Frank McNally (Gill Books, €22.99 / £ 20.50) An Irishman’s Diary”, sometimes “An Irishwoman’s Diary”, in the Irish Times is “a near-century-old institution in Ireland’s most literary newspaper”. These are the words of the current lead writer of the Diary, Frank McNally,…
Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr Duffin’s letter from the August 14 edition, where he made the suggestion that perhaps the readings at Mass were too long, confusing and quite incomprehensible, and that shorter readings would be better for the lessening attention span of Mass goers. I think this thought is exactly one…
Dear Editor, Faced with the appalling evil of war, I suggest that the word ‘complicity’ is a more appropriate term than ‘cooperation’ as used by David Quinn in his recent article: “Is the Church cooperating with evil in Israel?” Complicity implies partnership in an evil action. It requires neither involvement in the core activity…
Caritas Internationalis issued a statement on “the man-made famine and assault on Gaza City” following the Israel Defense Forces’ latest incursion into the embattled enclave, where the United Nations declared famine last week. “This is not war. It is the systematic destruction of civilian life,” the renowned international Catholic aid organisation wrote in its August…
The Vatican issued an update to its public procurement regulations to streamline steps in the Holy See’s contracting processes while maintaining integrity and transparency. The new general executive decree was signed on August 5 by the prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, Maximino Caballero Ledo, and took effect on August 10. The decree contains…