As Ireland prepares to open its arms to welcome families from across the world to the 9th World Meeting of Families, the 1000th registration for next year’s event in Dublin has just been recorded. Amongst those registered for the events from 21 – 26 August 2018, are families from Ireland and from 70 countries across…
Veritas is finally profitable again, but that’s no reason to rest easy, writes Greg Daly It’s taken a long time, but Ireland’s biggest religious publishing and retail company has finally – and tentatively – returned to profitability. Veritas, the Irish bishops’ publishing arm, has been struggling for years, battling with an uncertain retail climate…
Mary’s Land spreads across Ireland with Catholic message, writes Chai Brady Although box office success seems to be the driving factor behind many of today’s high-grossing films, one man would be happy if his creation touched just one person’s life. Being cynical about the film industry isn’t hard. As sequel after questionable sequel…
With fantasy fiction set to dominate television again this Christmas, Niall Gooch regrets that filmmakers often get it so wrong I’ve known some pretty crushing cinematic disappointments. There were the Star Wars prequels; two total disasters and one that occasionally rose to the level of watchable mediocrity (fortunately the series seems to be recovering…
While the Vatican assesses potential miracles attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I, a new books sheds light on events surrounding his death, writes Michael Kelly It’s no coincidence that Dan Browne – author if The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons – chose the Catholic Church as the backdrop for…
Hypocrisy, like that of the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ time, is not the only temptation that continues to plague religious communities, Pope Francis said. Pride also is a great danger. “We disciples of Jesus should not seek titles of honour, authority or supremacy,” the Pope has said. “I tell you, it personally pains me…
The US Catholic Church stands “in unity” with the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the larger community after a shooting during Sunday services took the lives of at least 25 people and injured several more. “A Culture of Life cannot tolerate, and must prevent, senseless gun violence in all its forms,” said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo…
Catholic universities need to study the root causes of forced migration and ways to counter the discrimination and xenophobic reactions it provokes in so many traditionally Christian nations, Pope Francis said. “I would also like to invite Catholic universities to teach their students, some of whom will become leaders in politics, business and culture, a…
The Polish Prime Minister has pledged to save a cross set to be removed from beside a statue of former Pope John Paul II in a French town because it breached the rules of secularism. This has sparked a diplomatic feud as Poland says it will save the work from the “dictates of social correctness”…
The threat of violent extremism remains in the predominantly Catholic Philippines even after the end of a five-month siege by terrorists in a southern city, said Catholic and Muslim officials. Father Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the Philippines bishops’ Public Affairs Committee said that according to some analysts and the president, “terrorist cells are already…
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