If Dame Sarah Mullally, the newly-appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, has an Irish surname, it’s because she is married to an Irishman, architect Eamonn Mullally (they have two children, Liam and Grace.) Her appointment as the first woman to lead the Anglican Communion world-wide has been greeted as historic; yet the reaction has been ambivalent, sometimes…
I’m shopping for a church!” an American once told me. As a cradle Catholic, the notion seemed alien to me. Yet how many of us, followers of Christ, opt to choose and create a Church in our own image and likeness, to suit how we live? “I only believe half of it,” a well-known Catholic…
Patricia Routledge died recently. The much-loved British actor was best known for her portrayal of shameless snob, Hyacinth Bucket, although the character insisted that her surname was pronounced Bouquet. The comedy in the series, Keeping Up Appearances, was based on skewering her pretensions. Mrs Bucket had many catchphrases, including answering the phone (which she insisted…
The growing perception around youth and faith is that young people are slipping away from religion, or simply not engaging with it all. Meanwhile, university Catholic societies such as Newman Society (University College Dublin) and Laurentian Society (Trinity College) are holding steadfast in their faith, creating communities where young Catholics can socialise, voice questions and…
Most people don’t know how many AI startups have emerged over the past few months. Even in our Catholic circle, Magisterium AI has been the forefront of the Catholic AI space, with a robust database and thousands of users that have found the website extremely helpful. Other big tech companies have now made it their…
When should you cancel your subscription to a streaming channel? I’m not referring here to trying to save yourself some money, but more to save your sanity and also to object to some of the content a given channel is streaming. Netflix is currently embroiled in controversy over a show called Dead End: Paranormal Park,…
At a United Nations high-level meeting in New York, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher of the Vatican said “technology is being used to exacerbate certain forms of abuse and violence,” adding that the gravity of the violence and abuse against women and children extended beyond sexual exploitation and trafficking. That technology he spoke of is the…
Dear Editor, this is a letter to Maria Steen. Firstly I am deeply disappointed that you are not on the list of candidates for President of Ireland. To have missed a nomination by a mere two signatures makes it heartbreaking for you as it was for those of us who had pinned our hopes on…
I reported, over a month ago, on the ubiquity of the Union Jack and St George flags now so popularly flown across England. And since travelling between England and Ireland, I’ve noticed the Irish tricolour has been increasingly displayed in parts of Dublin, fluttering from private homes and from street furniture. And now, it seems,…
When we were growing up, there were certain things that were so taken for granted we didn’t even think about it, such as that every baby would be baptised, and that later in childhood they would make their First Holy Communion followed by Confirmation. Most of us would go on to marry, and when we…
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