Four years, almost to the day, since she retired after 14 momentous years as eighth President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, devout and questioning Catholic, stateswoman, peacemaker, Pope Francis admirer, qualified Canon lawyer, wife, mother and grandmother, is relishing the freedom that comes from being a private citizen again while being forever grateful for the…
Category: Feature
Debunking the myths of demonology
World renowned exorcist Fr José Antonio Fortea Cucurull explains the tricks of the trade to Cathal Barry
Putting the synod into practice
Archbishop Eamon Martin tells Cathal Barry he plans on hitting the ground running
‘And the blind could see’
In Tanzania, I witnessed miracles, writes Michael Kelly
Walking together as a listening Church
Pope Francis is calling all Catholics to discern together what God is saying to the Church by listening to the Word of God rather than passing public opinion
Facilitating encounter and healing
Corrymeela leader Pádraig Ó Tuama tells Martin O’Brien about the reconciliation and peace-building organisation
Building a real ‘rainbow coalition’ to protect women and the unborn
For congressman Chris Smith, who has represented New Jersey in the US House of Representatives since 1981, opposition to abortion rests on the same principles as his roles as co-chairman of the Coalition for Autism Research and Education and of the bipartisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force. “To me it comes from the same impulse,” he…
Afflict the comfortable, comfort the afflicted
Sally McEllistrim We could come back to our ‘comfortable’ lives. That was the overriding thought in my mind as we stood in the baking heat in Manila and watched children naked and crawling with lice and sores run about the cemetery where they live. Yes, the cemetery where they live. Takes a while to sink…
WMI’s ‘Charlie Bird reports on the missions’ brings mission to life
World Missions Ireland (WMI) has taken a fresh and novel approach this year to engage Irish people about mission. Journalist Charlie Bird accompanied WMI staff members on a mission trip to South Korea and the Philippines and a DVD, filmed by the well-known broadcaster is due to be shown in Churches across Ireland on Mission…
Giving value to the people of ‘no value’
Sally McEllistrim visits a missionary sister working with a disadvantaged tribe in the Philippines
Martin O'Brien
Cathal Barry
Michael Kelly
Courtney McGrail
Greg Daly