Courtney McGrailFinola Kennedy November is the month of the Holy Souls. It is a time when we pray for the dead, and many visit the graves of their loved ones. But cemeteries attract visitors for other reasons too. A cemetery might seem an unlikely tourist attraction but Glasnevin has been drawing increasing numbers especially following Aoife…
Month: November 2016
Priest hopes for silver lining after house attack
A Co. Fermanagh priest who has spoken forcefully against Brexit and whose house was attacked on Remembrance Sunday has said he hopes the attack will encourage people to work for peace. Fr Joseph McVeigh told Enniskillen parishioners that while the house had been attacked in the past, he “thought that those days were over”. Lamenting…
Senator brands John Halligan the Donald Trump of Irish politics
John Reid Independent Senator Rónán Mullen has branded Minister for Skills John Halligan as the Donald Trump of Irish politics, due to intemperate language he has used toward opponents of his latest controversial push to legalise euthanasia. Mr Halligan is planning to introduce a private members’ bill which, if enacted, would make it legal to…
Students would benefit from Religious Ed as a core subject – expert
Paul KeenanStudents and society would benefit if Religious Education was included as a core subject in the curriculum of all schools, an expert in education will tell a conference on faith education in Kerry next week. Dr Amelee Meehan, who works in the area of faith leadership for the Catholic Education an Irish Schools’ Trust (CEIST),…
Safe public water has to be paid for in some way
Breda O'Brien“Making enough plastic to satisfy the US water market takes 17 million barrels of oil”, writes Breda O’Brien
The Pope’s plea: let people out of prison
The Pontiff’s call for mercy is an opportunity rather than a threat, writes Eoin Carroll
Planning is key to a healthy parish
A new book aims to help people navigate parish ministry, writes Fr Bernard Cotter
Priests at risk: problems and practicalities
Greg DalyGreg Daly attends the AGM of the Association of Catholic Priests
Can science abolish death?
Though we fear it, for Christians death is a necessary and even a welcome moment, writes Prof. Eamonn Conway
The perils of waking the dead
David QuinnA 14-year old girl in the UK, dying of cancer, was awarded by court the right to have her body frozen after her death, so-called ‘cryogenic freezing’. The girl, who has since died, wants the possibility of being raised from the dead if science ever allows this, even if that is still hundreds of years…