The leader of Fianna Fáil was at pains to announce to the public this week that he is making every effort to walk places, instead of being driven to places, in order to help combat climate change. If Micheál’s doctor is anything like mine, he or she will be delighted with him. My doctor can’t…
The Church can’t afford to lie back and do nothing, Bishop Michael Router tells Colm Fitzpatrick At a time in Ireland when the Church is experiencing tumultuous and unprecedented change, visionaries who can move it in the right direction are needed more than ever. The challenges are well-known and can’t be solved overnight –…
Francis and Benedict’s papacies are profoundly interwoven, writes Greg Daly Claims this week that Pope Benedict had in 2005 wanted the then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to serve as his Secretary of State and help clean up the Roman Curia may be surprising, especially to those who clutter and poison Catholic media with tales of…
Armagh’s new Auxiliary Bishop Michael Router said that the Church of the future will be smaller and humbler – but those who practice the Faith will do so because Christ is at the centre of their lives. Speaking at his ordination Mass in St Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, the former Kilmore priest said that our…
The bishop of one of Mexico’s most violent areas has said that the sentencing of drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera to life in prison plus 30 years is proper and prudent. Guzmán, known as ‘El Chapo’, is a former head of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was sentenced on July 17 by a judge in New…
A high-ranking Vatican prelate will discuss the role and importance of shrines for spreading the faith during “exciting” celebrations for the 140th anniversary of the Apparition at Knock Shrine. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, will speak at Ireland’s most prominent Marian shrine on August 15. The…
The president of US bishops’ conference issued a statement last week condemning a newly-announced rule on asylum eligibility at the southern border, suggesting that countries like Mexico are not a safe final destination for asylum seekers, and encouraging the Trump administration to change the policy. “The rule adds further barriers to asylum-seekers’ ability to access…
Questions of Faith It’s a safe scientific assumption to make that humans have been roaming the earth for at least 100,000 years – but if Christ only appeared 2,000 years ago, what happened to all those who died before he arrived? It would be unfair for the pre-Christian deceased to go to Hell for eternity,…
An Oireachtas report on the fertility industry has been accused of treating babies, eggs, sperm, wombs and embryos as “consumer items”. The report from the Joint Health Committee examines proposed legislation aimed at regulating Assisted Human Reproduction practices. One recommendation, if followed, would allow women to give their own babies to infertile couples in return…
The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need has launched a new fundraising campaign to aid Syrian Christians, whose lives continue to be devastated by violence and poverty. “The war in Syria has still not ended, terrorism has yet to be defeated and our brothers have more need of our aid than ever,” said…
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