The news that one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies has taken a stand against internet pornography has been welcomed by Aontú’s Peadar Tóibín. US giant Comcast cut ties with MindGeek earlier this month, the parent company behind the world’s largest pornography website, Pornhub. Comcast announced that they have decided to drop all MindGeek content…
Mass card suppliers have seen a “huge increase” in demand for Mass cards since they moved online at the beginning of the pandemic. This increase has been accompanied by a rise in requests for memoriam cards in recent months, as the year’s anniversary of many of the pandemic’s initial deaths comes about. Speaking to The…
The warm weather will make sleeping more difficult for many of us, but for some, it’s a problem all year round, writes Jason Osborne Recent conversations with some family and friends have made me very grateful for the ease with which I sleep. I’ve heard many reports of people struggling to get comfortable and drift…
Kristin Swenson aims to show that Scripture’s strangeness is one of its greatest strengths, writes Jason Osborne A talking snake convincing the first humans to eat some fruit; God wrestling with one of his earliest followers before touching his hip and putting it out of joint; angels appearing as wheels with eyes: these are but…
Pope Francis declined on Thursday the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, offered to him last month. In a June 10 letter, the Pope asked the influential German cardinal to continue as archbishop of Munich and Freising. Writing in Spanish, Francis told Cardinal Marx: “If you are tempted to think that, by confirming your mission and not…
The news that an Irish Microsoft subsidiary paid no corporation tax on €260 billion has been greeted as “a scandal” by Fr Peter McVerry. The company, Microsoft Round Island One, posted profits last year equal to nearly three-quarters of Ireland’s gross domestic product (GDP). The corporation tax takings on the €260 billion would have amounted…
The demand for Eucharistic bread is at a “trickle” according to the nuns who provide for much of Ireland’s need. The Irish Catholic reported last September on the “absolute decimation” of demand for altar breads at the onset of the pandemic, with the effect being likened to a guillotine dropping. Nine months on, the situation…
Lidl’s move to offer paid, compassionate leave for employees who’ve suffered a miscarriage, either directly or indirectly, has been welcomed as a “real example”. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Niamh Uí Bhriain of The Life Institute said it’s “great news, and fair play to Lidl”. “Miscarriage is a terrible loss and a real source…
An Irishwoman’s cause for canonisation has been opened by an order she founded in Texas. The cause for Mother Margaret Mary Healy Murphy of Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry, is being forwarded by the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate. A post on the order’s website May 20 revealed that the process of seeking Mother…
President Higgins has cautioned against new forms of intolerance in an address at the Young Philosopher Awards 2021. Mr Higgins said that “replacing” old forms of intolerance with new ones does not signify “the creation of a progressive or more open, broadminded or democratic society”. Philosophy can lead to “wisdom and respect,” and an understanding…