Mary Kenny“Census highlights waning power of Catholicism” ran the headline, reporting the demographic changes in the latest census records.
If Church ‘power’ has declined maybe that’s a good thing…
Category: Opinion
Finding peace during one of the world’s most dangerous times
We Irish tend to be a cheerful bunch. We like to look on the bright side, and hope for the best. Yet there are times when it’s prudent to be wary, and even fearful.
Census 2022: Catholicism declines but religiosity still high
Ruadhán Jones
While Catholics make up less than 70% of the Irish population in Census 2022, the full breakdown released on October 26 shows that ‘no religion’ is still by far in the minority.
Incardination of predator priest Rupnik is an epic fail for synodality
So, former Jesuit Marko Ivan Rupnik, the priest dismissed by the Society of Jesus after it was determined that charges of his sexual ‘misconduct’ with between nine and 20 or more women, and at least one man, were credible, has been incardinated as a priest in Slovenia’s Diocese of Koper.
Argentina will get first home-grown saint when ‘Mama Antula’ is canonised
Argentina will get its first home-grown female saint in early 2024 with the canonisation of Blessed María Antonia de San José.
Stubborn inability to deal with abuse is stomach-churning
Michael Kelly
“We had hoped, but…” is what Cleopas told the hidden Lord on the road to Emmaus about the experience of desolation in the early Church following the Crucifixion.
Son of an unknown father
I am writing this article from Sligo. I am here preaching the annual novena in honour of St Martin de Porres.
A small ray of hope for Nicaragua
Recent developments regarding the ongoing persecution of Catholics in Nicaragua, such as the release of 12 priests who were detained in Nicaragua and their subsequent expatriation to Rome, highlight the gravity of the situation in the country.
Truth is we’re in a complete muddle about drugs
Perhaps the strongest argument for legalising – or at least decriminalising – cannabis (and other recreational drugs) is that this measure takes it out of the hands of criminal drug-dealers. If people are going to smoke weed anyway, let it be through a legal route – just as cigarettes remain legal, even if unhealthy. And…
Do not forget how quickly world war can come
Nuala O’Loan
What are we doing to stop a third world war? What can we do? I never thought I would write these words, but increasingly the possibility of renewed global conflict is being raised by many distinguished individuals. Is this what it was like in the 1930s, as the world watched the rise of Hitler and…