Innocent Europeans are paying the price for European actions in the Middle East, a Syrian archbishop has said. The attacks on Paris last November 13 and Brussels on March 22 “unfortunately” saw “innocent people reap what European powers have sown in Syria and Iraq in the last few years”, according to Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo,…
The demands of modern life can be all-consuming, making it hard to mute the distractions around you and receive God’s peace, writes Joyce Meyer Joyce Meyer Stress. It’s a word none of us really likes but we’ve all come to accept. The unfortunate but undeniable fact is that you and I live in a stress-filled…
It’s said that April showers bring May flowers. April showers also mean spending less time outdoors in the fresh spring air and more time indoors. A bit of rain can ruin a whole day out, but instead of letting it dampen your spirits, seize the opportunity to get creative indoors. Create your own colourful rain…
Down Syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder named after the British physician John Langdon Down who identified it in 1866. It is estimated that there are about 7,000 people in Ireland with DS and one DS baby is born in every 546 births. About 6,000 babies with DS are born annually in America. Boys are…
We must remember, “our bodies, yours and mine, at the final judgement, will be raised from the dead and reunited with our souls”, writes Andrew O’Connell The Paschal Triduum, culminating in the Exsultet at the Easter Vigil, is a beautiful and profound spiritual experience. At its heart is the stunning reality of the Resurrection of…
It was no fluke that the climax to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings – the destruction of the Ring on Mount Doom – took place, as Tolkien fans who pore over appendices will tell you, on March 25. March 25, writes Eleanor Parker at aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com, is “the single most significant date in salvation…
Bad Queen Bess: Libels, Secret Histories, and the Politics of Publicity in the Reign of Elizabeth I by Peter Lake (Oxford University Press, £35.00) It is often remarked that in modern Britain all that children learn of history are the Tudors and the Nazis. This is meagre diet, but there are universal truths to be learned…
Shane O’Neill by Ciaran Brady (Irish Historical Association/UCD Press, €17.00) This is an account of a complex character who lived in a period when the fortunes of the leaders of Irish Clans could change frequently and sometimes with dire consequences. Shane O’Neill was born into the O’Neill Clan c. 1530. The O’Neills at that time presided over…
From Christendom to Americanism and Beyond: The Long, Jagged Trail to a Postmodern Void by Thomas Storck (Angelico Press, £11.95pb) Donal Anthony Foley From Christendom to Americanism and Beyond is a collection of essays written by Thomas Storck, who is a member of the editorial board of The Chesterton Review. In the past Storck has taught history at Christendom…
Brendan O’Regan reflects on a ‘heart-breaking’ documentary focusing on innocent lives lost in the crossfire of rebellion and wonders whether it was in good taste to air a programme on Judas on Good Friday. I’m not convinced that it was a great idea for BBC 1 to put the focus on Judas for Good Friday,…
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