David QuinnAmnesty’s latest celebrity campaign is a crude piece of propaganda, writes David Quinn
Month: October 2015
One continent, many voices
Paul KeenanThe Pope’s upcoming African trip will require distinct messages, writes Paul Keenan
Need to educate non-believers thoughtlessly receiving the Eucharist
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, As I grow older I go to more and more funerals; a fact of life! It seems as though these are significant occasions for evangelisation. Nowadays the minority of younger people attending funerals do not attend Mass regularly; they do not know the responses or the movements (knelling, standing etc.) Yet many of…
Bon Secours sisters leave Belfast after 143 years
Mags GarganAfter 143 years of service to the people of Belfast the Sisters of Bon Secours are withdrawing from the North. The Bon Secours Sisters set up a ministry in Belfast in 1872 and lived for many years on the Falls Road, courageously facing the reality of life in Belfast, visiting the poor, nursing the sick…
Number of Modular homes ‘inadequate’, charity claims
Cathal BarryA leading homelessness charity has criticised as “inadequate” the Government’s aim to have just 22 of the planned 500 modular homes on stream by Christmas. A spokesperson for the Peter McVerry Trust told The Irish Catholic that “it is quite disappointing”. “There are question marks around how quickly they are going to be rolled out.…
Synod provides ‘manifesto’ for Irish Church renewal – Primate
Time for action rather than ‘talking shops’
Prayer is the key for Tom Jones
“I get on my knees and pray right at the side of the bed, no matter where I am.”
For Pope, real scandal is a fear of showing unconditional love
Michael Kelly“The Pope is asking Catholics to be able to live with tension. He is asking us to be able to understand that life is complex”, writes Editor Michael Kelly
No more tragedies like Carrickmines, Pope pleads
Pope Francis arrives to lead an audience with Roma, Sinti and members of the Travelling community at the Vatican on Monday. The Pontiff appeared to reference the recent tragedy at a halting site in Dublin in which ten people lost their lives when he said: “we do not want to witness any more family tragedies…
Crisis of priesthood claim ‘simplistic’ – Archbishop
Archbishop Michael Neary has dismissed as “simplistic” claims that Ireland is experiencing a crisis of priesthood. The Archbishop of Tuam insisted that the real issue facing the Church in Ireland was a “crisis of faith”. “Many people today speak of a crisis in the priesthood. This I consider to be a rather simplistic view of…