A former English footballer has praised hundreds of young pilgrims for travelling from England to Lourdes to help the sick. Commenting in response to a message on Twitter, Stan Collymore, a former Liverpool football player, said that the 400 young people making the trip to the Marian Shrine will have an obvious impact on those…
A leading expert on Pope Francis will address the Pontiff’s reform agenda and its relevance for the Church here just ahead of the Pope’s historic trip to Ireland. John L. Allen – a journalist who has covered the papacies of St John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis – will speak about the revolution that…
The economic boffins are now saying that a united Ireland is an entirely realistic proposition in the wake of Brexit. Indeed, that it could be the most sensible solution to the problem of the United Kingdom planning to leave the European Union while the island of Ireland, as a whole, wishes to remain within the…
Matthew Carlson Councillors in South Dublin have rejected a call to fly the traditional Papal flag during the Pope’s historic trip here next month. Renua Councillor Ronan McMahon had proposed that the flag – the official flag of the Holy See – would fly above South Dublin County Hall in Tallagh during the visit. However,…
The View The United Kingdom is in a very strange place. The approach to Brexit has been muddled, uninformed and chaotic. It seems that nobody can quite work out what is happening or what should happen. For Ireland there is equal chaos – there is fear that Brexit will result in huge damage to…
Davis Clark Pilgrims across Ireland will be trekking through the country in order to reflect and pray at some well-known ancient sites. After a successful inauguration last year, Ireland’s second pilgrim journey was launched on Wednesday, July 18 to great excitement. The journey will take place from August 18 until August 25, taking pilgrims through…
The State can’t protect families if we can’t even agree on the definition, writes David Quinn The Government’s liberal push shows no sign of abating. On the contrary, its victories in the likes of the abortion and same-sex marriage referenda have only spurred them on. It now has in mind for us referenda on divorce,…
A prominent pro-life group has condemned politicians who a signed an “outrageous” letter calling on the UK government to legalise the killing of Northern Ireland’s unborn babies. The Northern Irish group, Precious Life, said that the letter to Prime Minister Theresa May and her Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar which was coordinated by Labour MP Stella…
Editorials in national Catholic publications have taken the US Catholic Church to task for its failure to root out all forms of clergy sexual abuse in the light of allegations made by former seminarians against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington. “The Catholic Church cannot pretend to be shocked about the pattern of…
Pilgrimage is a time for young people to encounter God, writes Fr Brendan Quinlivan One of the great films that explores the theme of Pilgrimage is The Way, directed by Emilio Estevez and starring his father Martin Sheen. At the heart of the film is the famous pilgrimage, or Camino, to Santiago di Compostela.…
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