Farm deaths leave ‘cavern of darkness’ Farm deaths and accidents leave a “cavern of darkness” for those they affect, Bishop Denis Nulty said during an ecumenical prayer gathering on June 25. Accidents cause “devastation to families and farms”, the bishop of Kildare and Leighlin said at the 10th ecumenical remembrance service in Abbeyleix. “The more…
While We Watched (15A) is an engrossing documentary from director Vinay Shukla (An Insignificant Man) that shines a laser beam into a dark porthole of India. It follows veteran TV reporter Ravish Kumar into dangerous territory as he struggles with Hindu nationalists and other forces seeking to silence him. Kumar has won many prizes for…
A number of years ago I was giving a retreat to priests in the USA. Most of them had been born in Ireland and had spent all of their priesthood in various dioceses. They are what used to be known in the Church in America as FBIs (foreign born Irish), to distinguish them from those…
It is no secret that Ireland is facing a major drug epidemic. This was once again highlighted by a UN report in March of this year which found the country is the joint fourth highest consumer of cocaine globally – taking into account population size. The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 from the United Nations…
Dear Editor, I am writing to offer congratulations for your recent article [The Irish Catholic – June 29]on euthanasia. Your insightful and thought-provoking piece delved into the use of language and its impact on the discussion surrounding this deeply complex and sensitive topic. Your reference to George Orwell’s 1984 sheds light on the manipulative power…
Papal peace envoy journeys to Moscow Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making to Moscow on Pope Francis’s behalf. Archbishop Giovanni d’Aniello, the apostolic nuncio to Russia, told reporters June 29 that the mission Pope Francis entrusted to Cardinal Zuppi “is to identify and…
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