As Maryamu Joseph, a 16-year-old victim of Boko Haram violence, recovers from trauma after years of captivity, she finds it hard to forgive the men who abducted her. Maryamu recalls that one day when she was 7, armed men raided her community and went on a killing spree before she was abducted with 21 others.…
Pope Francis has appointed well-known theologian Fr Niall Coll as the new Bishop of Ossory, with the announcement coming via a communique Friday. Bishop-elect Coll (59) is a priest of the Diocese of Raphoe and up to this point has been serving as parish priest of Donegal Town. Speaking on the occasion of his appointment,…
Staff Reporter Around the world, listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops gave many participants a sense of finally being listened to, but they also raised questions about how to promote greater inclusion in the Church while staying true to eternal Church teaching. Two of the issues raised most often in reports sent to the…
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and five other activists returned to court October 26 to face charges of failing to register a legal fund meant to help those involved in anti-government protests. Prosecutors said the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund should have been registered with police due to its “massive” size and “systematic” mode of operation,…
The internet has exacerbated our tendency to veer to extreme views so it’s important to be on our guard, writes Jason Osborne I spend a lot of time on Twitter and other social media platforms by virtue of the line of work that I’m in, and it has opened my eyes to the level of detachment…
The war in Ukraine has seen questions asked of the Irish policy of military neutrality, writes Jason Osborne The war in Ukraine has seen the topic of Ireland’s military neutrality discussed with more vigour than perhaps any other time in recent history, with some arguing that the war in Ukraine has shown the need for…
by Dennis Sadowski Universities around the world are taking steps alongside major technology companies to explore ways to bolster ethics education in the artificial intelligence field in line with an initiative supported by the Vatican. The effort seeks to help those already working or aspiring to work in the tech fields understand that the development…
Leinster House: A House with Three Lives An exhibition at the Architectural Archive 45 Merrion Square Until November 25; admission free, 9am-5pm. In recent months anyone going down Kildare Street in central Dublin and passing the noble facade of Leinster House, one of the city’s finest public buildings, will have been able to read the…
The writings of Fr John Cummins who died in a tragic car accident in 2019 have sold out days after publication and have gone to reprint to satisfy the demand. After his death in 2019, his family discovered he had kept many of his homilies from the previous twenty years on his computer. My Life…
YouTube shuts down EWTN’s Polish channel For the second time in less than two years, EWTN’s affiliate in Poland has had its YouTube channel suspended, reported Fr Piotr Wiśniowski, general director of EWTN Poland. Without any warning or explanation, on October 22 YouTube shut down the Catholic programming channel, which features a live broadcast from the adoration…
Peter Costello