Mags GarganRadical group controls huge swaths of Syria and Iraq
Month: August 2014
Getting beyond pride
Courtney McGrailWe can still learn valuable lessons about the dangers of self-satisfaction from Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor says Fr Thomas G. Casey
Under-fire Archbishop will not resign
US Archbishop John Nienstedt of St Paul and Minneapolis has claimed that the archdiocese has made significant progress in improving procedures for addressing sexual abuse claims and he will not resign over past mishandling on such cases. "We must continue to address head-on the terrible scandal of clerical sexual abuse," he said. "It is apparent…
Know worship and serve
Cathal BarryUS Bishop Frank Caggiano tells Cathal Barry how to engage young people in the Church
Indian cleric blames loss of moral values for surge in sexual violence
The number of rapes registered by police in India has doubled
Palestinians’ desperation spurs violence – Patriarch
Patriarch calls for lifting the Israeli blockade of Gaza
World War 1 through a lens
By EE O'Donnell When World War I broke out in 1914, 80,000 Irish men joined the British Army – the vast majority of them being Catholics. Chaplains were badly needed and the religious orders were asked to supply them. Figures differ from source to source, but my understanding is that 32 Irish Jesuits…
Priests mark 40 years of fraternity
Over 25 priests, from 12 different dioceses came together at Mount St Joseph’s Cistercian Abbey, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary last week to pray together on retreat. They are members of the Jesus Caritas Fraternity of Priests, inspired by the life and writings of (Blessed) Charles de Foucauld (1858 -1916). The Fraternity has over 200 priests in…
The rocky road to virtue
The real point of pilgrimage
Pope urges young people to share love, faith
Francis delivers first homily in German