The innovative work of the late prior will ensure a bright future for St Patrick’s Purgatory, writes Mary McDaid It was with a very deep sense of sadness and loss that the death of Msgr Richard Mohan on Sunday January 1, 2023 was learned of by the staff and pilgrims of Lough Derg, by the…
A young man with Down Syndrome has delivered a letter to Professor Fergal Malone of the Rotunda hospital, encouraging them to “save babies with Down Syndrome”. Conor O’Dowd, 28, from Drogheda delivered the letter by hand with his father, former mayor of Drogheda and Aontú representative Michael O’Dowd, in response to Professor Malone’s comments that…
It is embarrassing to see human rights groups defend safe zones at abortion centres, writes Dr Leonard Taylor Draft legislation titled the Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill (2021) is currently before Dáil Eireann, and the response of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is of concern. The Bill intends to…
One of Dublin’s historic churches has put out a call to men and women whose weddings were celebrated there to send in photos from the ceremony. Hundreds of weddings have taken place in Newman University Church on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, since it opened in 1856 as the chapel for the Catholic University of Ireland…
Former president Donald Trump took to social media to blame Republican losses in the November midterm elections on candidates who opposed abortion for any reason. His comments drew criticism from many pro-life advocates. On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump posted: “It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in…
Lindsey Weishar In the past few years, the term visio divina has gained traction in the Catholic lexicon. Like lectio divina, which is a way to pray with Scripture, visio divina translates to “divine seeing” and is a way to pray with art or other visual media alongside Scripture. I first encountered visio divina in…
The Most Estimable of Men: Judge John O’Hagan, Patriot, Poet, Scholar, Lawyer by Thomas J. Morrissey SJ (Messenger Publications, €19.95/£18.95) Having heard so much recently about patriots of later generations, it is very welcome to have a biography of a man of the Young Ireland movement – a book which will remind some and inform…
Chai Brady in Rome There is “a great hunger” among Irish people to understand their faith and to “understand the debt of the Faith”, the Archbishop of Dublin told The Irish Catholic in Rome. Following his visit to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to pay his respects to Pope Benedict XVI who was in repose…
The Falling Dusk: The 2023 Lent Book, by Paul Dominiak (Bloomsbury, £12.99/€14.50) With Easter eggs, as noted above, already appearing in some shops (or so it is reported), it is certainly a good idea to give some prior thought to the season of Lent and the celebration of Easter. This book is not one of those…
The United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially changed its policy, January 3, to allow pharmacies to sell mifepristone, the drug known commonly as the abortion pill. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organisation decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion pills and chemical abortion have become an…
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