I am a fan of a BBC TV series called “Silent Witness”. It’s somewhat macabre in that it focuses on a forensic pathologist (played by Emilia Fox) who is seen gruesomely cutting up dead bodies – those murdered in unknown circumstances. The “silent witness” is the corpse. In essence, it’s a murder-mystery – “whodunnit” –…
I promised myself that I would never live a life full of regrets, writes Rohith Kinattukara Faith is a transformative journey. Often, people lose heart and start blaming Faith and God for the instability in their lives. From my own experience, my belief and trust in Faith have only made me stronger, in mind…
CRUX At least 82 priests and religious brothers associated with the Philippines have publicly accused of sexual abuse with minors, according to a new data provided by BishopAccountability.org, a leading anti-abuse organisation. The database now on their website includes Filipino priests accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines, Filipino priests who served part of…
A parish church in the centre of Dublin has been helping an “amazing number of young men” who are struggling with “serious loneliness” and a feeling of disconnection. While the church regularly welcomes faithful of all ages and ethnicities, there are many young men searching for someone to speak to, according to Fr James Eivers…
Anger seems to drive our world. People were understandably and rightly angry when they were left without power or water for weeks after recent storms. However, much more toxic anger is weaponised to generate profit for cynical operators. It has been known for a long time that engagement with online content and therefore online advertising…
Gutenberg’s Cradle : Incunables at Marsh’s Library, Dublin, a catalogue compiled by Sara D’Amico (Marsh’s Library with the support of the Consortium European Research Libraries and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, €20.00; can be ordered directly from information@marshlibrary.ie) We are continually told that living as we do in an era…
Your enlightening words What am I doing with my life? Am I whole-hearted about it? Doing my best? I know how powerful You are, one word of Yours is sufficient to create anything. Am I open to You? One “let there be” and there is a sky-full of stars, from nothing. You don’t need a…
For more than a thousand years Christians have not experienced the joy of being one family in Christ. Although there were already tensions within the earliest Christian communities, it was not until the year 1054 that there was a formal split, in effect, to establish two formal Christian communities, the Orthodox Church in the East…
The Shrine of the soon-to-be saint, Carlo Acutis was blessed recently in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. The event was held at the Church of the Holy Family, Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary as Mass was celebrated on the upcoming canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis on April 27, 2025, during the Jubilee of Teenagers. Fr Michael…
All Time Belongs to Him: Seasons and Feasts of the Lord, by Hugh Gilbert OSB (Gracewing, £20.00 / £23.99) This book is quite a contrast to the spiritual adventures of Ben Harrison. The author Hugh Gilbert OSB has been a Benedictine monk of Pluscarden Abbey near Elgin, in Moray in northern Scotland. This is,…
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