Mags GarganLast Saturday the Irish Bishops Drugs Initiative held a national conference in Dublin with the theme ‘Quenching the Thirst: Spirituality and Addiction’. Among the speakers were Dublin footballer Ger Brennan and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (centre) who is pictured with Trish Conway, Chair of the Irish Bishops Drugs Initiative and John Taaffe, National co-ordinator of the…
Month: February 2014
Parishes pull together in face of severe flooding
Priests have praised the volunteers working in flooded parishes
‘Sympathy’ cards cause confusion
People looking for Mass cards are mistakenly buying expensive sympathy cards
Leading Melkite prelate retires
Paul KeenanPope Francis has accepted the early resignation of Archbishop Elias Chacour
Rolling Stone criticised
Vatican spokesman points out that the article relies on unnecessary comparisons with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Japan to translate Marega Papers
The Vatican has signed an agreement with Japan for the translation of antique documents charting the arrival of Christianity to the eastern nation. The Marega Papers, pictured in the hands of Monsignor Cesare Pasini, head of the Vatican Apostolic Library, area series of some 10,000 records laid down on fragile rice paper, date from 1719…
Contribution of Catholic schools is undeniable
All knowledge needs to be encompassed within life values
The Louise O’Keefe ruling gives hope to all abuse victims
Dear Editor, Louise O'Keefe's victory against the Irish Government in the European Court of Human Rights is a victory for all institutionally abused children. Her bravery and determination deserves the highest commendation. The judgment drives a coach and horses through the Irish Government's claim that it is not responsible for abuse in education, welfare and…
Plays are highly recommended
Dear Editor, In the issue of January 16, Peter Costello reviewed At the Praetorium: Good Friday Revisited, a trilogy of one act plays’ by Sean Walsh, the former head of drama on radio at RTÉ. The review remarks “it is always difficult to see how plays might be in performance, but these are not (on…
Opus Dei – priests who strive for holiness
Dear Editor, In an interview with Martin O’Brien (IC 16/1/14) Denis Bradley is reported as having said “the Church at a clerical level has been taken over by very young and very conservative young men. I think half of them are in Opus Dei." Would that half of them were trained for the priesthood by ‘Opus…