Niamh Uí Bhriain On March 10, the rally to Save the Eight Amendment is expected to draw record numbers, but this will only happen if you make the effort to be there. This is our last chance before the referendum in May to show the Irish people, and the Government, that we must retain the Eighth Amendment and keep Ireland’s…
The last two Mondays have seen representatives from two of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore’s pastoral areas meeting at the Granville and Woodlands hotels as part of an ambitious listening process with a view to updating the diocese’s pastoral plan. The context for this, according to Bishop Phonsie Cullinan, is Pope Francis’ vision for…
One of the most sensible interventions made in the current impasse of the North’s politics were comments made last week by Baroness Eileen Paisley. Eileen, widow of the late Ian, said that her husband and the late Martin McGuinness would never have got into this current “mess” in the first place. Widows defend the reputations…
The Pope should be afforded the same diplomatic courtesy any head of state gets when they visit Ireland, and the Government should open up the coffers an Irish columnist has said. Although there are some who believe the Catholic hierarchy are a “baleful presence still pulling at the strings” in Ireland, it’s is not the…
People of Faith are underrepresented on TV, but a new US comedy show about a man who tries to live in line with Bible values hopes to change that, according to its executive producer Johnny Galecki. Mr Galecki, 42, who plays physicist Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory, says Living Biblically, which premiered on CBS on February…
Rome, in many ways, is a company town, dominated by two major industries – Italian political life and the national government, symbolised in the city’s Quirinal Palace (to Italians, simply the Quirinale), and the Papacy and the Catholic Church, iconically represented by St Peter’s Basilica. As a result, if you’re a devotee of either industry, meaning…
Iraqi Catholic leaders are urging Christians to remain steadfast this Lenten season as they encounter challenges of the so-called Islamic State›s legacy. In a Lenten pastoral letter, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad urged Iraqi Christians to pursue unity with other Christians at this sacred time with “open hearts”. “Many Christians today live in…
Although gaming brings joy to millions of people globally, it is important to remember that virtual reality can have real effects. The world of gaming has evolved rapidly in the last few decades; now it is an immersive online experience where gamers can communicate internationally with one another, create their own unique characters, and enter…
We share the world with more than seven and a half billion people and each of us has the irrepressible, innate sense that we are special and uniquely destined. This isn’t surprising since each one of us is indeed unique and special. But how does one feel special among seven and half billion others? We…
The first months of any new year often seem to drag a bit. It’s not the most exciting time of year with the country still in the grip of cold weather, the Christmas bills being paid off and summer tantalisingly out of our grasp. I miss that post-December calm now. My husband and I were…
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