Courtney McGrailThe relationship between us and God is the deepest relationship of all, writes Fr Martin Henry
Month: December 2015
Modern martyrs entrusted to Mary
Pope Francis has entrusted contemporary Christian victims of religious persecution to the care of Mary. Speaking when leading the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on St Stephen’s Day, the Pope likened today’s martyrs to the first martyr, saying, “May the Virgin Mary, to whom we entrust all those – and, sadly there are so many…
World News in Brief
Burma can hope for a blessed year The coming year can be a year of blessing for Burma, also known as Myanmar, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has said in his Christmas message. “With the general election of November 8, our nation sees the dawn of a change,” the cardinal said, calling on “all men and women of goodwill to join…
English Church leaders condemn religious violence
The leaders of England’s Catholic and Anglican Churches have condemned religiously motivated violence, with Westminster’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols describing “violence in the name of God” as “always a corruption of true faith”. In his Christmas midnight Mass homily he likened Islamist militants to King Herod, saying “Today’s Herods, ISIS and the like around the world…
Hope in an uncaring world
Greg DalyPope Francis’ World Peace Day address reminds us of the dangers of indifference, Greg Daly writes
Uncovering our recent past
Peter CostelloPeter Costello reports from the National Archives on the release under the 30-year rule of confidential state files from 1985
Echoes of the past… from the archives
Garrett FitzGerald meets the Pope On March 28/29, 1977 Dr Garret FitzGerald, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Italy for an EEC Summit, paid a visit to the Vatican, during which he had the opportunity of an audience with Pope Paul VI. So much at least was known to the press, who seem to have…
Secrets of the powers that be… from the archives
Resettling refugees not a new issue Currently the whole of Europe is greatly concerned about migrants arriving from the Middle East and from Africa. But this is not for Ireland a new problem. In between the wars and just after, small numbers of individual refugees from Germany, and later from Brittany, some with dubious political…
Setting the bounds of the nation… from the archives
Most people think they are aware of the size of Ireland and its boundaries. But a series of files now released, dealing with different aspects of policy, suggest we may all be unaware of just how large the national territory actually is. One file, for instance, deals with the boundaries of Dublin. A special order…
Off the Hook
Cathal BarryVeteran broadcaster George Hook talks faith and family with Cathal Barry