Nigerian sisters and their communities are raising awareness about violence against women and child abuse and spreading their prevention mechanisms among young people in Nigeria. Through the African Faith and Justice Network, a Washington-based advocacy organisation, they work with traditional leaders and government departments for stronger legislation against domestic violence targeted at women. Since it…
Politics should not be allowed to invade every sphere, writes David Quinn Perhaps we should be thankful that Ireland did not qualify for the World Cup after all, because if we had, our presence there would have surely unleashed an orgy of hypocritical moralising, virtue-signalling and hand-wringing by all the Irish ‘great and the good’…
The “vital” work of peace building on the island of Ireland is still unfinished, the Church leaders, including Archbishop Eamon Martin, told President Michael D. Higgins. The Church leaders group met the President of Ireland and his wife Sabina, last Monday (November 28) for a “relaxed and informal conversation across a wide range of issues”.…
Ambassador chosen to lead Eastern Churches dicastery Pope Francis has appointed a papal ambassador and expert in Eastern languages and literature to lead the Vatican Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, 67, has been apostolic nuncio to Great Britain since July 2020. The Italian was undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches…
The Wisdom of Pope Francis The Gospel of Luke presents us with a troubling question posed by Jesus: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (Luke 18:8); as if to say: “when I come again at the end of time” — but we could also think, even now, at this…
Many who entered religious life in my time were emotionally immature, writes Deacon Frank Browne The abuse of children by any adult is a scandal, and the recent revelation regarding the extent of abuse inflicted upon students attending Blackrock College and other Spiritan run schools up to the 1980s, is one of the most serious…
Prelates have honoured the “devoted and generous” Bishop Martin Drennan following his death aged 78 on Friday. He was ordained as a priest of Ossory diocese in 1968. The current bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, Bishop Michael Duignan, said Bishop Drennan was an internationally respected academic who “taught with energy, passion and insight at…
Letter from Rome Just when you think that the Vatican’s “trial of the century” against a cardinal and nine other defendants for various alleged financial crimes can’t get any more surreal, two developments pop out of the woodwork to prove you wrong. A hearing November 24 produced both a previously unknown, and unauthorised, recording of…
by John F. Deane Seamus Heaney famously said: “The biggest change in my lifetime has been the evaporation of the transcendent from all our discourse and our sense of human destiny.” Heaney was speaking out of a time when Christian faith was static, and had been static for centuries. Faith in Christ had only begun…
Bishop Noel Treanor of the Diocese of Down and Connor has said he is “honoured” after Pope Francis announced he would be the new Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union. Bishop Treanor will continue as the administrator of the diocese until he takes up appointment in Brussels in January. It is currently unclear who will…
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