We can help culture by showing people just how much pain treating one another as disposable has caused, writes David Quinn Emily Ratajkowski is one of the most famous models in the world today. She shot to fame in 2013 when she appeared topless in a video for the hit song ‘Blurred Lines’ by Robin…
To get the process right we must listen with respect to those who have something to say born from experience, writes Garry O’Sullivan When Pope Francis in 2013 decided he would eat in the canteen like the rest of the staff, people realised that a different kind of Church was being promoted. I remember being…
Letter from Rome Catholic history is a like a river fed by many currents, but one of the strongest and most perennial, undeniably and inextricably, is food. At the very heart of the sacramental system is a shared meal, and when we pray as Christ himself taught us, we ask for our daily bread. Over…
New data released by the Church in Italy highlights what has been a concerning trend among Catholic leaders in the country for decades: namely, a drop in the number of local priests and an increase in the average age of Italy’s clerics. However, this data also found that while there are less men joining the…
I was raised in a generation that taught that God gave each of us a vocation to live out. In the religious ethos of that time, particularly in Catholic spirituality, we believed that we were put on this earth with a divine plan for us, that God gave us each a special vocation to live…
Notebook His father was dead, and we were gathered in the house. The mood changed from silence to chat, to laughter, then tears and then back to silence. A very typical and familiar scene. There were stories too. He talked about the first funeral he ever attended on his own. He was maybe 12 or…
Because there may well be shortages in the shops come December – and even with on-line shopping – some prudent folks already have all their Christmas shopping, bar last-minute food, arranged, wrapped, and ready to deliver. A late Thanksgiving interrupted the space for Christmas shopping” There has been a world-wide disruption of supply chains, largely,…
The View Last year, then Minister for Health, Simon Harris – a man with a commitment to making abortion easily available – said that the abortion pill could be prescribed remotely during the Covid-19 crisis. Previously, the HSE had said that pregnant women needed to attend a pre-abortion consultation in a surgery or clinic. When this…
Frank Browne Many of our parishes across the country have been busy undertaking Confirmation ceremonies for all those young people who have been waiting for up to two years. Our parish ministry team in Ballyroan thought about how we could make the sacramental preparation meetings and ceremonies both meaningful and an enjoyable experience for our…
The pandemic and ensuing restrictions continue to cast a long shadow on Dublin diocese finances, but a big sale proves lucrative, writes Jason Osborne The archdiocese of Dublin’s 2020 financial report details a continued fall in the diocese’s finances over the last year, a trend accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions put in…
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