Courtney McGrailA Slovak nun shot and wounded in South Sudan has died in a Nairobi hospital where she had been in a coma. Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Veronika Terezia Rackova, the director of Yei’s St Bakhita Medical was evacuated to Nairobi on May 17, shortly after being shot in the stomach while driving an ambulance. Soldiers…
Month: May 2016
Child protection is ‘not a box-ticking exercise’
The success of US dioceses in implementing child protection procedures should not lead to complacency, the annual report on the implementation of the bishops’ ‘Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People’ has warned. Introducing the report, Francesco C. Cesareo, chairman of the all-lay National Review Board, said this year’s audit results “continue to…
Marriage in the Church
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that marriage between baptised persons is a true sacrament, writes Cathal Barry
Toughest part of accepting death is full surrender
Fr Ronald RolheiserAccommon soldier dies without fear, yet Jesus died afraid. Iris Murdoch wrote this and that truth can be somewhat disconcerting. Why? If someone dies with deep faith, shouldn’t he or she die within a certain calm and trust drawn from that faith? Wouldn’t the opposite seem more logical, that is, if someone dies without faith…
Activity camps for the summer
Mags GarganMags Gargan looks at the options for keeping children entertained during the school holidays
Mass can be unnecessarily hard to find
“Ireland – particularly Dublin – is becoming a cold house for Catholics”, writes Kieron Wood
Ireland’s holy places of pilgrimage
Wells, Graves and Statues: Exploring the Heritage and Culture of Pilgrimage in Medieval and Modern Cork City by Louise Nugent and Richard Scriven (Create Space Independent Publishing, €13.50)
No punches pulled in this reflection on Irish Catholicism and the Fifth Commandment
Violence, Politics and Catholicism in Ireland by Oliver P. Rafferty SJ (Four Courts Press, €45)
Deceptive adaptions are such a turn-off
Peter CostelloWorld of Books
No ‘cutting edge’ to new panel show
I found it hard to work up any enthusiasm for Brendan O’Connor’s new panel discussion show, writes Brendan O’Regan