“How could this happen?” Archbishop Eamon Martin on Mother and Baby Homes Report
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh has asked all leaders of the Catholic Church in Ireland to study the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland in the 20th Century. “I ask all those who are in positions of leadership...
RTE Apologizes for New Year Breach of Standards
“We accept the findings of the Editorial Standards Board that this [New Year’s Day] sketch was not compliant with our own guidelines or with our obligations under the relevant codes. On behalf of RTÉ, I fully apologise for that. We will now review the processes...
Whatever Happened to ‘Share the Good News?’
By January 5th 2021 there had been thousands of outraged phone calls to RTE about a satirical New Year sketch referring to God the Father as worthy of imprisonment for forcing himself upon a young woman. On January 7th the Irish Catholic weekly reported that several...
Epiphany? The Point of the Creeds?
What is the point of the Creeds? So asks Tony Flannery in From the Outside, his latest book. Given the apparent inability of Irish clergy generally to discuss that – or indeed any – important question, freely, it becomes by far the most important...ACI – Latest News
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