WMOF 2018   The visit of Pope Francis next month is the largest event in Ireland since John Paul II’s historic trip in 1979, according to Gardaí. Authorities have announced that all public transport in Dublin will be free on Sunday, August 26 when the Pope is due to celebrate Mass before more than 500,000…

WMOF 2018   Archbishop Eamon Martin dedicated special Family Stations on the grounds of St Patrick’s Cathedral, created for the upcoming WMOF in Dublin. Parishioners joined the archbishop after the 10am Mass on the Feast of the Dedication of St Patrick’s Cathedral, to dedicate the special Family Stations in preparation for the WMOF. People are…

Pilgrimage is a time for young people to encounter God, writes Fr Brendan Quinlivan   One of the great films that explores the theme of Pilgrimage is The Way, directed by Emilio Estevez and starring his father Martin Sheen. At the heart of the film is the famous pilgrimage, or Camino, to Santiago di Compostela.…

WMOF 2018   A new series of digital animations have been launched as part of ongoing preparations for the World Meeting of Families and the visit of Pope Francis. The new resource focuses on Amoris Laetitia, the document written by Pope Francis on love in the family. The Amoris Animations, the first created using Amoris…

WMOF 2018   A new six-part series A Journey Through Amoris Laetitia features a wide variety of well-known commentators, as well as families from all walks of life and from all over the world. Through the six episodes, the participants reflect on what Amoris Laetitia has to say to families as they experience the ups…

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 Carlson   The All Hallows Jubilee celebrated their pastmen with a reunion Mass, including those ordained and non-ordained from all over the world, many coming from the United States. On Thursday, July 19, pastmen came together, some for the first time since they left All Hallows, and reunited with old classmates, some celebrating anywhere from…

50 Years of Humanae Vitae   It’s easy to forget, but ‘pastoral’ hasn’t always been a simple synonym for soothing, caring, or gentle. At heart, after all, it means the way a herdsman or shepherd behaves, and in the Bible that’s not always something sweet and mild. When David offers to fight Goliath, for instance,…

50 Years of Humanae Vitae Sr Helena Burns tells Greg Daly about how St John Paul II opened up Humanae Vitae for the world   A celibate nun might seem an unlikely champion of Humanae Vitae and the ‘Theology of the Body’ taught by St John Paul II, but Sr Helena Burns is someone who believes…

Letter from Rome   Documents in the Vatican Secret Archives and the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prove it was a “myth” that Blessed Paul VI largely set out on his own in writing Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical on married love and the regulation of births. In anticipation of the…