Cathal BarryCathal Barry takes a look at what the Church teaches on the papacy
Month: April 2014
Beautiful memories of two great Popes
Mary KennyRecalling two great figures of living history
Pope-Saints are a gift to the Church
Michael KellyIn John Paul II and John XXIII we have ‘titanic Popes’
‘Something else is needed!’
Archbishop Eamon MartinArchbishop Eamon Martin reflects on Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Ireland
A short pontificate with a huge impact
Paul KeenanJohn XXIII launched sweeping Church reforms
The papacy of John Paul II
Polish Pope emerged as a forceful moral leader
Popes who were transformed by the grace of Christ
Breda O'BrienCanonisation is a sign their lives are worth emulating
The road to the council
Pope John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council in the conviction that it was necessary for the Catholic Church, yet without pre-conceived ideas of what it would accomplish, said Vatican II participants who recalled the event half a century later. John had come to a “conviction that something ought to be done in order to…
Saving the legacy of John XXIII
David QuinnThe late Pontiff began a process of renewal
John Paul’s role in the fall of Soviet communinism
The late Pontiff had a pivotal part to play