Peter Costello considers ‘continuation novels’

Columba McCann is currently the Master of Ceremonies for the Archbishop of Dublin. So he is in charge of the very grandest of religious ceremonies to be seen from time to time in the capital. But this book has another audience in mind, those working at the parish level to enhance the experience of the…

Raising Children in a Digital Age, by Bex Lewis (Lion Hudson, €9.66/£8.99)

A Heart So Big, by Rio Hogarty with Megan Day (Penguins Ireland, €8.99 / £6.99)

The Francis Factor: A New Departure

Peter Costello examines two literary Popes

The Wildflowers of Ireland

Whispers in the Still

In contrast to the other evangelists, the author of St Johnís Gospel from his very first words creates a different climate. Rather than the historical, indeed genealogical, openings of the Synoptic Gospels, the author set a philosophical tone: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God." But here the Greek logoscarries…

These two little pamphlets, which come with prayer cards as well, are intended as aide memoires or introductions to two of the most important figures in the Church in the 20th Century. The long pontificate of John Paul was so complex that it needed an extra volume for the New Catholic Encyclopaedia to deal with…