He Is Risen!
Easter Sunday – “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing
Easter Sunday – “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing
The Oireachtas Health Committee is hosting a review into abortion legislation. It will hear from ‘service users, providers and the public.’ An independent chair is expected to be appointed in…
How will society be judged post pandemic? Western People 2.2.21 When a year or so ago the COVID-19 virus arrived in Ireland, a commentator somewhat exaggeratedly determined that…
Some good news on the Lectionary translation front: 1. Publishing company Darton, Longman and Todd is producing a translation of the Lectionary which would avoid the non-inclusive English Standard Version…
Vatican News reports: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-07/pope-francis-departure-apostolic-journey-canada.html Pope Francis departs from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Sunday morning to begin his 37th Apostolic Journey abroad, which will see him embrace the people of Canada….
Ireland was once regarded as the most catholic Country in the World. That, though, is no longer the case. (Link to article and interviews at bottom of the page.) Mark Vincent…
The National Catholic Reporter carries a robust editorial on Cardinal Ouellet’s response to Archbishop Viganò. It challenges the role of those U.S. catholics “whose primary ambition, it seems, is to convince the rest of us that the Christian Gospel was actually promulgated to justify the most extreme expressions of American-style capitalism.”
It concludes “The work ahead will require more than bluster and misappropriated slogans. It will require accessing the deepest levels of our sacramental tradition. It will require the imposition of unprecedented accountability from bishops. It will also require bishops with the will to confront the toughest questions about how the clerical culture arrived at this point.”