Social media like Instagram and Tiktok are allowing the occult to spread and mutate as never before Esmé Partridge tells Jason Osborne The internet in 2022 continues to provide ever-new frontiers; it truly is a wild-west that has yet to be fully mapped out and understood by those who inhabit it. While there are the…
In a UN submission, Religious warn of Ireland’s failings in protecting the rights of children and urge improvement, writes Ruadhán Jones In a comprehensive joint submission, a number of Irish religious orders and some civil society groups have raised concerns about Ireland’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The wide-ranging…
The Sunday Gospel Luke, more than the other evangelists, portrays Jesus as being on the side of the poor. In last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus referred to money as tainted with temptation. Today’s Gospel (Luke 16:19-23) is the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Although he is commonly called Dives, the rich man is not actually named in…
The body of Christ has many autistic members and Fr Matthew Schneider LC is keen to raise awareness of that fact and minister to them, hears Jason Osborne Fr Matthew Schneider LC, was already ordained a priest just over two years when he was diagnosed with autism at the age of 34. Initially shaken by…
The Sunday Gospel In the past I often heard people complaining that too many Sunday sermons were about money. I don’t hear it nowadays, probably because the parish newsletter and parish council publicise the financial needs. This Sunday however the Gospel (Luke 16:1-13) suggests that the preacher should talk about money, dealing with its wrong use…
Irish Trappist Bro. Brian O’Dowd tells Rhina Guidos about finding his new spiritual home When Trappist Bro. Brian O’Dowd was looking for a new spiritual home, he set his sights on something different from his monastery in Ireland, built around a 13th-century Norman castle, where the religious community was dwindling. He found it, but with…
Hollywood star Mickey Rourke opens up about God’s influence on his life, writes Ruadhán Jones “Most people would say – Mickey Rourke, you wouldn’t think he prays the rosary three times a day,” says the Hollywood star with a bad-boy reputation. “But maybe that’s why I’m still here.” Mr Rourke is probably best-known as a…
The future of Taiwan and its 23 million people must be decided democratically by the people, an Irish missionary tells Chai Brady Violent rhetoric between China and Taiwan has intensified in the last month ever since a visit by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in early August. Tensions have…
The Sunday Gospel While the first reading and responsorial psalm are chosen to connect with the Gospel of the day, it occasionally happens that the second reading touches on the same theme. The mercy of God to sinners features in each text this Sunday. In the first reading (Exodus 32:7-11.13-14), when the Israelites worshipped a calf…
Legacy Supplement Without intervention, the poor of northern Somalia will starve, Chai Brady hears Years of bad rains and extended dry periods are causing a major food and livelihood crisis in the Horn of Africa. In some areas aid workers face kidnapping and even murder but they still make sure those who are in need…
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