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…
Dear Editor, Leaflets headed ‘A Prayer for Ukraine’ are being distributed around our churches, but I think they are misleading. The Catholic Church is a universal Church, so surely we should be praying for both Ukraine and Russia. God has no favourites. He loves us all and we should be following his example. In a…
When I made my Confirmation in 1990, our teacher excelled at helping us to memorise the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Each of us boys could rhyme them off one by one. Probably not to the same extent that previous generations could recite the catechism from heart, but certainly in a way that is probably…
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…
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