Posted on 14. Feb, 2013 in Church Teachings
How many of us regularly wish we had more time – time to think, time to sit down, close our eyes and wish that life wasn’t always so hectic. Well, maybe we could do just that and do it for Lent. Instead of ‘giving up’ something for Lent, be positive and listen to what Fr. […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2013 in Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
After three days of hearings on abortion, The Oireachtas Committee on Health did not make any specific recommendations to Minister James Reilly. As differences become more apparent, it seems that legislation on the issue is not a foregone conclusion. On January 19th 2013, almost thirty thousand people attended a vigil for life organised by the […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2013 in Feminism/Women in the Church, Poverty
Michael Kelly SJ is a lifelong researcher on the topic of AIDS. He has looked at the history of the development of the disease and the responses to it. In his new book HIV and AIDS, A Social Justice Perspective, he says that the central issue around AIDS is not technological or biological. “It is […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2013 in Faith and Justice
Professor Robert Enright, an educational psychologist from University Wisconsin, is a pioneer in the study of the science and psychology of Forgiveness and what he calls Forgiveness Therapy. Time Magazine named him a “Trailblazer of Forgiveness” and such was the impression made by his address at the recent international Eurcharistic Congress, that he was invited […]
Posted on 31. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings
Fr.Tony Flannery has been making headlines lately and the word excommunication has now been added to the controversy surrounding him. The Irish Catholic says he won’t be excommunicationed, but The Irish Times say otherswise. Miriam Gormally met with Petra Conroy, coordinator of Catholic Comment’s, a team of lay people who speak about Church issues in […]
Posted on 24. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Uncategorized
Lifers goes out on RTE 1 Thursday the 31st of January at 10.15. It is a documentary which tells the story of missionaries who gave their entire life to helping others, often living in dangerous and isolated conditions. This programme takes an unsentimental and honest look at what life was really like for them. Miriam Gormally […]
Posted on 24. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized
In this final piece in our ecumenism series, Pat Coyle speaks with Godfrey O’Donnell, formerly a Jesuit, now a Roman Orthodox priest about the challenges facing Church unity. He explains that divisions run deep and how in fact many within the Roman Orthodox tradition would see Roman Catholics as heretical. But first he begins by […]
Posted on 17. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized
Michael Kelly, newly appointed editor of the Irish Catholic spoke about this year’s celebration of 125 years of the Irish Catholic, Ireland’s oldest religious newspaper.
Posted on 17. Jan, 2013 in Church of Ireland, Church Teachings, Uncategorized
Christian Unity Week takes place from the 18th to the 25th of January. In this second interview on Ecumenism, Pat Coyle talks with Brian O’Leary, Jesuit coordinator for Ecumenism, about the importance of ecumenism and how Churches can learn from each other.
Posted on 17. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized
Gesa E. Thiessen is a lecturer in the Milltown Institute and an author. In her most recent book, Theology and Modern Irish Art, she explores the link between Art and Theology. Here she talks to Pat Coyle about the links as well as the importance of divine inspiration.