Chongli, a popular resort town and venue for the main skiing events during the upcoming Winter Olympics, holds a history of persecution and massacre of Catholics in the region during the imperial and communist regimes. The attention on China, host of the February 4-20 Winter Games, has focused on the coronavirus pandemic, diplomatic boycotts due…
Shannon Campbell The View Pope Francis captured headlines recently when, in his annual address to the diplomatic corps, he tackled head-on the growing phenomenon of ‘cancel culture.’ He was uncompromising in condemning it as a form of “ideological colonisation” which leads to “one track thinking”, ill-suited to addressing the challenges of our times. Cancel culture…
Pro-life Catholic leaders reacted with shock and disgust at an activist group’s projection of pro-choice messages on the facade of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC, on the eve of the annual March for Life. The group Catholics for Choice took responsibility for the images, which were beamed…
Brandon Scott Independent NUI Senator Rónán Mullen last week called on Minister Stephen Donnelly to honour a commitment given to tender openly for an independent chairperson as part of the three-year review of the 2018 abortion legislation. Commenting on a Department of Health press release of 8 December last, which said “a request for tender…
Staff reporter The Government has decided to add a new public holiday to the national calendar to honour the country’s female patron, St Brigid of Kildare. The fifth Century abbess, who is one of the country’s three patron saints along with St Patrick and St Columba, founded several monasteries of nuns and her feast-day takes…
Commercial surrogacy is tantamount to baby-buying, writes David Quinn The Government has just announced the establishment of a special Oireachtas committee to examine the issue of international surrogacy. In practice, this means commercial surrogacy, that is, paying a woman to become pregnant with your baby. Originally, Ireland was planning to allow so-called ‘altruistic surrogacy’ only,…
Last weekend the spirits of the nation lifted, but they were heavy at the start of last week. I tend to complain a fair bit about the Pat Kenny Show (Newstalk, weekdays), so it behoves me to give credit when it’s due. On Tuesday of last week when discussing the vigils related to the sad…
France’s Catholic bishops urged citizens to use upcoming elections to restore basic freedoms and “rules of civility”. “We are going through tough and perilous times, but fear is always a bad counsellor, whereas hope opens the way to courageous and healthy choices,” said the Permanent Council of the Paris-based bishops’ conference. “The risk of fracturing…
Pornography is more widely available than ever before, so it’s important to be aware and educated about the threat it poses, writes Jason Osborne While technology certainly has its many advantages, one of the unfortunate aspects of it is that it allows all manner of unsavoury things to infiltrate our homes. Whereas once the television…
Medical Matters There are approximately 500 people living with motor neurone disease (MND) in Ireland with about 140 cases diagnosed every year. Though rare, in recent years, the stories of several well-known people with MND has been highlighted in the media and has increased awareness of the condition. The globally recognised ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ that…
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