Brendan O’ReganThe abortion debate rears its head again in mainstream media, causing the Pro Life Campaign to defend against ‘a lack of awareness’ from the opposition, writes Brendan O’Regan
Category: Reviews
A backward look at the men who made us
Courtney McGrailThe Shaping of Modern Ireland – A Centenary Assessment edited by Eugenio Biagini and Daniel Mulhall (Irish Academic Press, €22.50pb/€45.00hb).
All done by hand!
Erin FoxGet Crafty by Ali Coghlan (Mercier Press, €14.99)
Good news for all
Peter CostelloWhere the Heart Is: How the Gospel Transforms Our Lives by Bishop Donal Murray (Veritas, €12.99)
Women of the Troubles
Richmond Barracks 1916: ‘We Were There’ — 77 Women of the Easter Rising edited by Mary McAuliffe and Liz Gillis (Dublin City Council Decade of Commemorations Series, Four Courts Press, €24.95)
Some commentators accused of cherry- picking Pope’s words
The satirical Catholic website eyeofthetiber.com could hardly have reacted more snidely to reports that Pope Francis has called for a commission to investigate the possibility of ordaining women deacons than with the headline, “Pope To Commission Study To Find More Ways He Can Confuse People”. Claiming that the Pontiff had revealed “an openness to re-examining…
Is Jesus the new taboo subject in classrooms?
Aubrey MaloneGod’s Not Dead 2 (PG)
Celebrating imagination and literature
Brendan O’Regan is moved by a “touching piece about the late Fr Michael Paul Gallagher SJ”
The last days of mankind?
Revelation Road: One Man’s Journey to the Heart of the Apocalypse and Back Again by Nick Page (Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99)
The taboos of modern death
The Way We Die Now by Seamus O’Mahony (Head of Zeus, £14.99)