Discerning a life in the priesthood or religious life is a win-win whether they work out or not, Chai Brady hears A lot of young men in Ireland are afraid to put themselves forward for the priesthood or religious life and it may come from a fear of commitment or failure, according to the vocations director…
The Vatican’s official news agency has vowed to do better after an observant Irish reader spotted they refer to ‘UK bishops’ when they mean just prelates from England and Wales. Vatican News, a news information portal provided by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, was taken to task by a concerned reader of The Irish Catholic…
Stating that Brazil’s federal government displayed contempt for protecting the health of the population and showed criminal conduct, 380 Brazilian Christian religious leaders filed an impeachment request against President Jair Bolsonaro for the crime of shirking his responsibilities. “Faced with the most serious public health crisis in the history of the country and the planet,…
Faith after Doubts: Why your beliefs stopped working and what to do about it by Brian McLaren (Hodder and Stoughton, £14.99/€19.50) I was greatly impressed by this book, and at the start of my review I would like to make quite clear that this is a book that anyone who wishes to understand the nature of…
The power tech corporations wield over expression ought to inspire debate, writes Jason Osborne The beginning of 2021 has seen a number of unprecedented events: the storming of the US capitol, and the banning of then-US president Donald Trump from all social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok foremost among them.…
The chairman of the US bishops’ pro-life and international policy committees said President Joe Biden’s memo rescinding the so-called ‘Mexico City policy’ January 28 is a “grievous” action that “actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations”. “It is antithetical to reason, violates human dignity, and is incompatible with Catholic teaching. We and…
Friends and family of the popular Armagh priest tell Ruadhán Jones about Fr McKeever’s remarkable character There’s one thing that everyone who met him agrees on; Fr Joe McKeever was a remarkable man and a great character. Colm O’Farrell, a pupil and later close friend of Fr McKeever, says that “if you’d have been with…
A priest-turned-detective in East Cork tracked down an alleged collection box thief who is now in Garda custody. The priest became aware of the thief when he found cheques for annual church donations from another parish in his collection box Sunday January 24, according to The Sun. The cleric investigated using CCTV footage from cameras…
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz said at a farewell Mass January 24 that the Church would remain a source of strength for Catholics in Belarus despite a change in leadership. The departing archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev also promised that he would remain an active bishop at the Cathedral of the Holy Name of Mary in the capital, Minsk.…
Our physical isolation is no excuse for failing to grow in faith, writes Jason Osborne With the latest announcement from the Government confirming total lockdown until at least March 5 it is finally setting in, at least for me, that we’re not getting back to normal any time soon. That fact probably evokes a range of emotions…
Chai Brady
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