Easter Monday fell on April 24 in 1916 and was the day…
About the Author: Brenda McGann
Brenda McGann lives in Dublin, and is the mother of grown up family and several grandchildren.
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Revisiting the Spiritual Warfare
In the sixth chapter of St Mark’s Gospel, we find the account…
About the Author: Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry.
The Case for Latin: Why Worship Benefits From a Sacred Language
Does it matter what language is used to worship God? Shouldn’t the…
About the Author: Philip Kosloski
Philip Kosloski is the author of In the Footsteps of a Saint: John Paul II’s Visit to Wisconsin. His articles have been featured in Crisis Magazine, Catholic Exchange and New Advent, National Catholic Register and Aleteia.
Lent: A Time of Subtraction
Primary school teachers often say that the first month of every new…
About the Author: Rev. Eugene O’Neill
Rev. Eugene O’Neill is parish priest of Killyleagh, and of Crossgar, Co.Down and is a regular contributor to A Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster.
Silence in the Liturgy
1. Silence as a Christian ascetical value In the negative sense, silence…
About the Author: Cardinal Robert Sarah
Cardinal Robert Sarah is prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He is the author, with Nicolas Diat, of God or Nothing (Ignatius Press). This is an abbreviated form of an essay first published in Italian in L’Osservatore Romano on January 30, 2016 and translated by Michael J. Miller for the Catholic World Report.
“People should live peacefully together”
News of Islamic terrorism never seems to leave the front page.…
About the Author: Michael Cook
Michael Cook is editor of MercatorNet. This article is reprinted from www.mercatornet.com.
Three impediments to proclaiming the mighty acts of the Lord today
The theme for this year’s Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity was…
About the Author: Rev Patrick G Burke
The Rev Patrick G Burke is the Church of Ireland rector of the Castlecomer Union of Parishes, Co Kilkenny. A regular contributor to Position Papers, he was formerly a broadcast journalist with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Network. He blogs at http://thewayoutthere1.blogspot.ie/.
Irish Catholics, where are you?
Irish Catholicism has gone underground, leaving the public square and the forum…
About the Author: Rev. Patrick Gorevan
Rev. Patrick Gorevan is a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature. He lectures in philosophy in St Patrick’s College Maynooth and is academic tutor at Maryvale Institute. He has written on the early phenomenological movement, virtue ethics and the role of emotion in moral action.
Man as the ‘Priest of Creation’
In the foreword to his latest encyclical letter Laudato Si, the Holy…
About the Author: Siobhán Ó hAodha
Siobhán Ó hAodha is originally from Galway and has a background in Electronic Engineering. She recently completed a Licenceature in Theology in the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome on The Christian doctrine of Creation in the Theology of John Zizioulas. She currently lives in Dublin and is working in the area of Data Analytics.