Cathal BarryIn what has become one of the greatest online surprises, the Popeís Twitter account in Latin has surpassed all expectations drawing in over 216,000 followers. Over centuries, the Church used Latin to communicate and spread its messages around the world. In modern times, it seems even todayís society has learned to appreciate this classical language.…
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iCatholic streams first live discussion on Pope
In what was billed as the first of its kind, iCatholic hosted a live discussion programme this week on the social teaching of Pope Francis. The unique 30-minute programme, which focussed on the social teaching of the Pope in his first Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, was streamed live from Renehan Hall in St Patrickís College,…
A ‘controversial’ sacrament
Peter CostelloThe Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession, by John Cornwell (Profile Books, €20.99/£16.99)
Towards a Catholic reawakening
This pamphlet is adapted from a lecture which Dermot Lane, the retired president of the Mater Dei Institute, gave to a conference on religions and beliefs in primary education held at St Patrick’s College back in April 2013. He drew on some of the material in the Report on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary…
Noah’s flood and God’s covenant with man
In the history of biblical archaeology, as it developed during the Victorian era, no episode is more remarkable that the discovery made by George Smith of the British Museum in 1872. On a clay tablet from the royal library of Nineveh he deciphered a much older Mesopotamian version of the flood story familiar from the…
A man and his trials
Terence O’Neill, by Marc Mulholland (Historical Association of Ireland Life and Times Series UCD Press)
Secrets of the interior castle
Teresa of Avila: Doctor of the Soul, by Peter Tyler (Bloomsbury / Continuum, £18.99 / €22.99)
Unfolding history observed
Joe Carroll As the editor warns the reader, this book is not “a shadow history of Ireland since 1922 covering all major events and phenomena through the lens of contemporary journalism” but it is probably unbeatable for showing how Ireland has changed in that time. In ‘The Taking of Cork’ in August 1922 written by…
The hurlers on the ditch
The GAA and Radio Éireann 1926-2010: The story of the commentators who broadcast Gaelic Games, by Patrick P. Guthrie (Gemini International).
Small classic in Latin
Recently an odd little book, originally published in the US, came my way. Entitled Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin, it is the work of James C. Gleason and Brian N. Meyer and is a translation of the humorous poems of Ogden Nash into classical Latin. It was issued to the world round April 1, 1974…