More fidgety fingers on the keyboard Outdoor entertainment: The starlings come to Church when no-one else could. They joined the Choir or rather they are the Choir. They like the…
Ordaining women priests back on the agenda Western People 12.01.21 We live in strange times. What seems like just a few years ago Bishops Christy Jones and Brendan Comiskey…
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was established by the Irish Government in February 2015 to provide a full account of what happened…
Pope Francis changes the Code of Canon Law to institutionalise what is already allowed in practice: the access of lay women to the service of the Word and the Altar….
Review by Joseph S. O’Leary, who has lived in Japan since 1983. He taught in Sophia University and was a research professor in Nanzan University. Publications include Conventional and Ultimate…
On Jordan’s banks Victimhood: The world is rotten with victimhood. Blame-culture is in vogue. Trump is a sad example. His election was stolen. He should be continuing as ‘Capo di…
We are an Adult Education Centre, located on the Dominican Campus in Sion Hill, Blackrock, Co Dublin, and our website is https://www.lumenop.ie/ On our website you can read our Mission…
Pádraig McCarthy notes that many towns are proposing to keep Christmas lights up until the beginning of February, to bring light to the darkness in lockdown. Westport has been doing it…
A sketch about God on the RTÉ New Year’s Eve Countdown Show, intended as satire, did not comply with RTÉ’s own standards and broader regulations, the organisation said today. In a statement, RTÉ said its Editorial Standards Board…
“THE CURIA IS THE POPE” is a new book that uncovers a little history, theology, and sociology, and justifies the impatience of the faithful with the self-serving bureaucracy that…
Show yourself to me Lord Chris McDonnell CT January 08 2021 We have celebrated again the feast of Nativity, the coming of the Lord into the poverty of this…
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY Adventurers It is a wonderful feast. It has to be properly celebrated. The dangerous temptation is that we can sentimentalise religion. We can easily get…
Interview: Dublin Archbishop-elect Dermot Farrell with Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times. Installation going ahead on February 2nd. “There’ll be no big hand-over…show papal bull (making the appointment) to College of…
Press Statement from Tony Flannery 3rd January 2021 In the last while two senior members of the Catholic Church have made statements about the position of women in the…
Seán MacDonagh’s article from The Tablet 30 Dec 2020: The year ahead: the environment “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal. Nature always strikes back – and it is already…
Association of Catholic Priests statement on RTÉ’s New Year’s Eve Programme Saturday 2nd January 2021 The ACP, on behalf of its member and Christians of all denominations, would like…
Covid-19 thrives when people are selfish Western People 29.12.2020 It was a conversation about selfishness. Grandparents and their adult children were talking about that unending topic – ‘Young people today’….
A member subscribes: There are times when I think all our efforts at calling for reform in the church are really at an amateur level when compared with those who…
Janus: Looks to the past. Looks to the future Hidden language: The Tolka. The river was slurping. Or gurgling. Or maybe even gargling. I think it was probably spluttering. Each…
This Christmas Season Chris McDonnell CT January 01 2021 Christmas has been different this year. Much of the spontaneity has been missing. The gathering of friends at short notice for…
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