Over the weekend 165 Irish pilgrims brought the statue of Our Lady of Knock to the Pope in a “fantastic” celebration. The Marian statue played a significant part in a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica to celebrate Sunday of the Word of God on January 26. Speaking to The Irish Catholic after the event rector…
The new year started out with the focus on Brexit, Trump and Iran but it’s homelessness which keeps resurfacing closer to home, writes Aron Hegarty Ireland is experiencing its worst homelessness crisis in living memory and the problem has become so widespread that it is now a regular feature in Irish political and current affairs.…
Galway’s Joe Canning offers an insightful glimpse of a lived Faith, writes John G. Dwyer Sports stars have a reputation for giving dull interviews. Generally, they are wary of providing hostages to fortune while seldom venturing meaningful insights beyond their own discipline. GAA players may be forgiven for this as they must live a life…
Establishing romantic relationships can be difficult for young Catholics in the 21st Century, writes Amy Hurle McCann In his book Love and Responsibility, St Pope John Paul II writes of the challenges, cautioning against using people as a “means to an end”. He emphasises that each person should be treated as “an object of…
Have we lost the belief in prayer and the power of God to be active in our world and in our Church, asks Fr John Harris OP On the morning of May 26, 2018 I sat in our Dominican church in Newbridge not wanting to open the church for the 8am Mass. Not one box…
Chai Brady speaks to missionaries about increased persecution in north-east Nigeria Islamic extremism and violence in Nigeria is increasing after a spate of attacks targeting both Christians and moderate Muslims, destroying almost all the clinics and schools Irish missionaries built in the north-eastern part of the country over the last few years. Much of the…
This year’s BT Young Science and Technology participants devoted themselves to dealing with topical social issues, from mental health to climate change solutions. Taking place last week in the RDS, 1,100 students from 244 schools across the island from 31 different counties pitched their research, inventions and findings to the judges, the media and the…
Bishop Kevin Doran asks people to consider coming to Budapest to celebrate Christ’s living presence On January 31, 2016 Pope Francis spoke by telecast from Rome to the huge crowd gathered for the Statio Orbis Mass at San Pedro Calungsod, overlooking the sea in Cebu, Philippines. He told us that the next International Eucharistic…
Christianity shouldn’t be afraid to talk about science, theologian Alister McGrath tells Colm Fitzpatrick The story goes that when the French physicist Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace presented Napoleon with his definitive work on the properties of our solar system, he was asked about the absence of God in his model. Laplace replied: “I had…
Research for the Royal Irish Academy’s ongoing Dictionary of Irish Biography often uncovers significant forgotten figures, writes Patrick Maume Geraldine Penrose Fitzgerald – novelist, suffragist and Catholic convert who corresponded with the elderly John Henry Newman – is a forgotten person. (His surviving letters to her have been published; some of hers to him…
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