Cork-born Bishop of Los Angeles David O’Connell was one of the 20 Catholic missionaries killed in 2023, according to the annual report from Vatican agency Fides. Those killed while in the service of the Church include one bishop, eight priests, two men religious, one seminarian, one novice and seven laypeople. Known as ‘the Peacemaker’, Bishop…
In January, The Irish Catholic commemorated the late Pope Benedict XVI who was laid to rest in a simple funeral procession presided over by Pope Francis at the Vatican
The year 2023 is not a year on which I will look back with undiluted pleasure. At this time of year, our thoughts naturally turn to those who are no longer with us. At a lot of our dinner tables this year, there will be an empty chair where there was unbridled joy and laughter just a year ago.
I refused to become a Barbenheimer during the year. When I was growing up there was a perfectly respectable practice of showing ‘small’ pictures and ‘big’ ones, despite the threat of the infamous ‘Paramount decree’ of 1948.
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