The Pope’s idea of co-responsibility for the Church is the mustard seed that may one day grow into a large tree and give shelter to all, writes Garry O’Sullivan Numbers don’t lie, yet we all know the phrase “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” a phrase that is described as “the persuasive power of statistics to…
In his passion, Jesus’ sufferings were unequaled. For the Son of God offered himself as a sacrifice for all. No one, not even the saintliest person, can take on the sins of all people in every time and place. Only God can, and did. It is this gift of faith, at the heart of our…
World famous singer-songwriter Michael Bublé has a “wonderful and personal relationship with my faith”, the star said in an interview at the weekend. Mr Bublé, who used to sleep with a Bible in his bed, also revealed in The Guardian that his love for his fans is inspired by their prayers. Speaking to his son…
St Juliana of Mont Cornillon was born in 1193 at Retines near Liège in Belgium. Orphaned at an early age, she was educated by the Norbertine Canonesses Regular of Mont Cornillon. She made her profession in this order and eventually became superioress. The canonry seems to have been established on the model of a double monastery, with both…
A danger in any synodal pathway is that the process can be dominated by a vocal minority, writes Rev. Stephen Neill Like many of my colleagues I have been watching with some interest the evolution of the ‘synodal pathway’ in the Catholic Church in Ireland and indeed worldwide. It was thus disappointing to see reported…
Ireland has already embraced eugenics, a new paper from the Iona Institute says, warning that we could be facing an “Ireland without Down Syndrome”. The paper comes after the former Master of the Rotunda revealed that 90% of patients at the hospital opt for abortion once they are told the baby they are expecting has…
Nearly 200 children who were either known to child protection services or in State care have died over the past decade, 38 of whom died by suicide, according to statistics released to Aontú. Aontú spokesperson on Children and Equality, Luke Silke, said: “These are shocking figures. Nearly 200 children who were either in State care or known to child protection services…
On any other day, the dominant Vatican headline on March 29 would have belonged to German Jesuit Fr Hans Zollner, whose unexpected resignation from the Pope’s chief advisory body on combating sexual abuse left the broader state of Francis’s reform campaign an open question. It wasn’t just the fact that Fr Zollner resigned which raised…
Bishop Donald J. Hying During the Sacred Triduum — the days of Holy Thursday through to Easter Sunday — the strangest thing will occur. Millions of Christians throughout the world will gather to honour the humiliation, torture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In a global culture that usually celebrates power, strength and beauty, this public…
Cindy Wooden The Catholic Church formally “repudiates those concepts that fail to recognise the inherent human rights of indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery’,” a Vatican statement said. Issued March 30 by the dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development, the…
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