There’s currently a map of Europe on display on social media asking the question ‘Would you fight for your own country?’ Perhaps an apt question during St Patrick’s week. Portugal and Spain are on 28% and 22% respectively, and Italy on 20%” According to this geographical graphic, 38% of people in the Republic of Ireland…
The View I sat with many hundreds of MPs and members of the House of Lords to watch President Volodymyr Zelenskyy address parliament from Ukraine on the terrible situation in his country. It was one of those totally unprecedented moments – the first occasion on which a president had addressed parliament in this way: a…
Tackling misogyny while promoting abortion and pornography is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back, writes Ruadhán Jones In recent months, we have had impassioned discussions on misogyny and violence against women in Ireland. However, as my colleague Jason Osborne has pointed out, there has been little in the way of soul-searching as…
The Church is asked to sell its land for housing, then blocked from doing so, writes David Quinn The Catholic Church is often asked to sell or donate some of its lands to help address the housing shortage. But now in Dublin it is being blocked in certain instances from doing exactly that. It is…
A Catholic tendency to go against the crowd in all things sometimes works against the Church, writes Jason Osborne While the rest of the world rallies around Ukraine following Russia’s violent invasion nearly three weeks ago, a not-insignificant minority of Catholics have taken it upon themselves to champion Russia’s cause. Admittedly, I write on the…
Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare, who was shot in a grisly attack at his residence shortly after his appointment as the new bishop of Rumbek, has recovered and is preparing to return to his diocese with forgiveness and a desire to work for peace in his troubled adoptive nation. A Comboni missionary, Fr Carlassare, 44, will be…
Junno Arocho Esteves As millions of Ukrainian refugees continue to flee the ongoing violence of Russian aggression, many have found some comfort in neighbouring Hungary thanks to the efforts of Caritas. Arriving in the border town of Barabás, refugees are immediately taken to the charitable organisation’s makeshift refugee centre, where they are given shelter, a…
We enter the season of Lent by putting ashes on our foreheads. What’s symbolised here? Perhaps the heart understands better than the head because more people go to church on Ash Wednesday than on any other day of the year, including Christmas. The queues to receive the ashes in many churches are endless. Why? Why…
Among the many photos from Ukraine to have had major global impact in recent days was one set of wedding photos. On March 6, Lesya Ivashchenko and Valeriy Filimonov were married outdoors on the outskirts of Kyiv. The bride held a bouquet and wore a veil, but there was no white dress: both Lesya and…
The View At Mass on Sunday, the priest mentioned that we should be praying for Ukrainians but also for the Russian people. A young boy reacted immediately, asking his mother and grandmother in a loud whisper, “why should we pray for the Russians?” What a great question. Given the ongoing murderous assault on Ukraine, which…
Mary Kenny
Nuala O’Loan
Ruadhán Jones
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