Conspiracy-minded Catholics are up in arms online after claims that Pope Francis’ long awaited post-synodal exhortation was ghost-written by an old Argentinian friend. Writing at chiesa.expressonline.it, long-time Vaticanista Sandro Magister, whose press credentials were withdrawn by the Holy See last year after his involvement in publishing in advance a leaked version of the Pope’s environmental…
The Nice Guys (15A)
‘Engaging’ crime debates dominated last week’s viewing, highlighting the ‘suffering’ local community, writes Brendan O’Regan
Wells, Graves and Statues: Exploring the Heritage and Culture of Pilgrimage in Medieval and Modern Cork City by Louise Nugent and Richard Scriven (Create Space Independent Publishing, €13.50)
Violence, Politics and Catholicism in Ireland by Oliver P. Rafferty SJ (Four Courts Press, €45)
World of Books
I found it hard to work up any enthusiasm for Brendan O’Connor’s new panel discussion show, writes Brendan O’Regan
A drunken revelation at a wedding threatens to ruin the lives of two families in this engrossing Australian drama which contains all the big themes: betrayal, loss, infidelity, subterfuge, death. Christian (Paul Schneider) is coming home from America to the logging town in New South Wales where he grew up. He’s there to attend the…
Many serious readers of religious books, both historical and theological, from all Christian traditions, will have lamented the recent sudden overnight closure of the National Bible Society ‘Bestseller book shop’ (pictured) at 41 Dawson Street, Dublin, in which (so I understood) the Catholic Hierarchy also had a share. The closure was never explained to the…
A Hologram for the King (15A)
Aubrey Malone
Brendan O’Regan
Courtney McGrail
Peter Costello