The bodily resurrection of Jesus was central to Christian faith from the very beginning, writes Greg Daly “The resurrection of Jesus is fundamental to our Faith, but that does not mean it happened exactly as it is described in the various biblical accounts,” wrote Fr Tony Flannery on his blog almost exactly a year…
A one-off RTÉ programme seeks to bring the Passion of Christ to life, writes Michael Kelly Actor Hugh Bonneville is perhaps best known for his role as Lord Grantham in the hit British series Downton Abbey. What people may not know, however, is that he studied theology at Cambridge University and has always had…
Writing in this newspaper in 2008, Fr Jim Good, who died last week, discussed his clash with the Bishop of Cork, and their eventual reconciliation in Africa I am the only person familiar with the last two years of Bishop of Cork and Ross Cornelius Lucey’s life, so I feel some record should be written…
“It seems to be a fact,” wrote Flannery O’Connor in July 1955, “that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.” The American author’s words could…
Padre Pio lived a life of prayer and suffering, writes Greg Daly Padre Pio was a priest with a worldwide following, Pope Paul VI told a gathering of Capuchin Chapter Fathers in 1971, not because he was a philosopher or especially wise or blessed with extensive resources he could use. “No,” he said, his…
The Capuchin saint shocked the world by dedicating his life wholly to God, writes Claire Giangravè During a visit on Saturday, March 17, to the southern Italian town of Pietrelcina, the birthplace of Padre Pio, and San Giovanni Rotondo, where the famous Capuchin stigmatic friar lived for more than 50 years, Pope Francis invited…
Padre Pio was far from the only saint to have borne stigmata, writes Greg Daly “God,” Pope Francis reminds us in Amoris Laetitia, “allows parents to choose the name by which he himself will call their child for all eternity.” For all that we think of St Pio of Pietrelcina by his religious name…
Irish links to the famous Capuchin date back to the 1920s, writes Colm Keane To the Irish setting out for San Giovanni Rotondo in the 1950s, it must have felt like the ultimate pilgrimage. They first travelled long journeys by air in old prop planes. They then wound their way by slow trains and…
Did Padre Pio’s intercession save a family of seven, asks Chai Brady In a near-death experience a holidaying Irish family of seven crashed onto a motorway after losing control of their car in the US. Tumbling down an embankment after swerving to avoid another motorist, Cavan man Martin McBreen said the accident could have…
Colm Fitzpatrick speaks with the director of an Irish St Pio charity With devotion to Padre Pio still continuing to grow, one woman is providing an opportunity for people globally to learn more about the incredible work of this modern saint. Eileen McGuire, who is the director of the Irish Office of St Pio…
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