The visit of Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Spanish Msgr Jordi Bertomeu to Peru to investigate the lay organisation Sodalitium Christianae Vitae is being received with confidence by many of the group’s victims, who hope it will be finally dissolved. Some, however, say, they lost hope that the case will be resolved. Once a…
Sinéad O’Connor’s life and artistic output speak to a soul who was truly searching for the divine, writes Jason Osborne No doubt everyone is aware at this stage of the death of one of Ireland’s most iconic daughters, a woman gifted with a voice that pierced many hearts over the decades she was producing music.…
Thomas McDonald I have a hole in my head – an extra one, that is. It’s in the temporal bone, where a useful skull covers the superior semicircular canals, maintaining an even pressure around the delicate parts of the inner ear involved in hearing and balance. My skull is not up to this relatively simple…
Checking in with God is the “most important thing” for Irish women’s soccer star Sinead Farrelly, she has revealed. The 33-year-old international, who played in the women’s team’s first ever world cup, said her faith played a big role in helping recover from a car crash in 2015 that almost ended her career. Asked if…
A breakdown in a relationship or a change in family circumstances was the most common reason families presented as homeless between April and June this year, according to the Department of Housing. Local authorities have begun reporting the reasons for presentation as homeless cited by households who recently entered emergency accommodation in the second quarter…
Why is the Government funding IVF and not pro-life alternatives, writes David Quinn Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced that the State will pay couples for a full cycle of IVF under a new scheme to be introduced in September. This is a response to the growing problem of infertility in Ireland, a problem that…
Taizé community to get new leader in December After 18 years as head of the ecumenical monastic community Taizé, Bro. Alois Loeser has chosen a successor. According to the community, after consulting other brothers, the French Catholic has chosen Bro. Matthew (Andrew) Thorpe (58) to be the Christian fraternity’s third-ever prior. Bro. Thorpe, an Anglican…
Lisa Hendey In a world where the 24/7 news cycle offers a ceaseless tide of disasters, a natural Christian inclination has become a polarising catchphrase. Whether the news is yet another senseless mass shooting, a disastrous act of nature, or the illness of a loved one, there’s a one-size-fits-all, yet real, response: prayer. Unfortunately, our…
The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) have opened their first permanent home in Ireland after purchasing a community house in Waterford City. The FSSP spent €500,000 in purchasing St Oliver Plunkett house after raising €263,000 between January and June of this year. They thanked everyone who donated for their generosity, explaining that the fraternity…
When World Youth Day opened in Lisbon, Portugal, it marked the latest edition of the most massively successful version of a “politics of identity” in organised religion today, a clear and indisputable way of proclaiming that Catholicism isn’t sliding toward extinction but remains alive and well. To be clear, organisers of World Youth Day always…
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