Pontiff urges peaceful solution to crisis

Politicians and Church leaders have united to condemn the widespread silence from the Irish media and Government about the ethnic cleansing of Iraq’s ancient Christian community. As the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) tightened its control of the northern city of Mosul this week, ordering the last remaining Christians to convert or flee,…

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"My diocese no longer exists.” Chaldean Archbishop Shimoun Emil Nona of Mosul speaks of the dispersing of Christians from the city as militant Islamist cement their hold.   “In keeping with a long, shadowy, legacy of antipathy, justices who happen to be Catholics… are branded and bullied by a group who only succeed in providing…

A sensation at the World Cup and a hero to Tourette’s sufferers for his rising above that syndrome has credited his success to the power of his faith. Tim Howard, goalkeeper with the US soccer team, became a pundits’ favourite during the Brazil tournament for his athleticism, not least during America’s final match against Belgium…

Irish religious orders engaged in making altar breads face being forced out of their work by cheap imports and shifting religious realities in Ireland, it has been revealed. Traditionally the work of contemplative and enclosed orders, the production of altar breads has seen those orders as the main suppliers of hosts to parishes, chaplains and…