I was thinking about how I’d start this article when my mind turned to the Camogie ‘skorts vs shorts’ debate. I have been marvelling mentally at the capacity of so many politicians to get worked up about such a trivial matter. And then a text to my phone from Gena Heraty in Haiti. Gena, from Westport, has spent most…
It is extremely early, impossible in fact, to make any real predictions about the direction in which our new pope, Leo XIV, will lead the Church, but we are all allowed to say what our first impressions are, and mine are that he seems like a calm, gentle, intelligent and deeply prayerful man. This last…
Fr Eamonn Conway Pope Leo intends, albeit in his own way and according to his own style, to press forward with the same priorities that Pope Francis held. Pope Leo has called for a renewal of everyone’s commitment to Vatican II and in his first homily to the cardinals who elected him has described as…
Ann Marie Foley Ardfinnan has seen nothing but change in recent years. Yet in the rural parish somehow everything continues – sacraments from birth to death, celebrations of birthdays, weddings, and prayer – most recently in front of the Carlos Acutis shrine. The combined parishes of Ardfinnan, Ballybacon, Grange, Newcastle, Fourmilewater, Touraneena and The Nire,…
What will happen to the World Synod project under the new Pope? How will it continue in practical terms and in terms of content? In an unusual letter, the Synod Secretariat outlines its hopes and wishes to Leo XIV. The Secretariat responsible for the World Synod in Rome hopes that Pope Leo XIV will lead…
Catholic bishops and lay people from all over Germany are once again discussing reform projects at the Synodal Committee. They are hoping for a tailwind for the reform project from the recently elected new Pope Leo XIV. The leaders of the reform dialogue on the future of the Catholic Church in Germany see the new…
Martin Luther, Gregor Mendel and Abraham a Sancta Clara also came from the order founded by the new pope in 1256. Pope Leo XIV is the first pope to come from the Augustinian order, a Catholic order rich in tradition with a history of more than 750 years. The Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini (OSA) goes…
There are few Gaels who don’t know the name Seán Marty Lockhart. An All-Star winner, an Ulster champion, and a man who wore the Ireland jersey with pride more times than anyone else. Lockhart has spent much of his life in the spotlight. But behind the accolades and county colours is someone whose impact runs…
“HIV remains a major global public health issue, having claimed an estimated 42.3 million lives to date,” reads the World Health Organization’s website. In Brazil, the illness, at the time known as ‘gay plague’, was first diagnosed in men 1982, and in women the next year. By 1993, the number of infected was over 16,500…
It gives my heart great joy to see so many people here today… Today we stand together, united by a cause rooted in the deepest convictions of the human heart, Renata Milán Morales hears. Since the 2018 referendum over 50,000 abortions have been carried in Ireland. In the most recent programmme for government we…
Senator Ronan Mullen
David Quinn
Renata Steffens
Renata Milán Morales