Called by Pope Benedict to ‘establish the truth of what happened’ in 20th century institutions for the poorest children, Ireland’s bishops never did. Why?
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“You Crossed the Seven Seas …”
‘Pastoral Theology?’ Mark Maguire explains why it is for everyone, and where his inspiration comes from.
A Normal Church?
What is to be the New Normal for the Irish Church? Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ considers the TV series Normal People, the ongoing Covid-19 Crisis – and synodality.
Trump’s Relationship with the Catholic Church in the USA
NCR Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan celebrates Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral April 12 during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Jeenah Moon) BY NCR EDITORIAL STAFF APR 28, 2020 Friendships have...
Covid-19 & the Future – Sean McDonagh
Pandemics raise the biggest questions – and Sean McDonagh SSD is not afraid to ask them.
It was very early on the first day…
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb.
Always in our midst…
After Jesus had taken the wine he said, ‘It is fulfilled’; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
Global Crisis, Global Advent, Global Christmas, Global Easter… Global Pentecost?
Unprecedented global crisis, growing disillusionment with ‘charismatic’ political leadership, the young outraged. Thomas Reese in the NCR sees reasons for Advent hope.
Netflix ‘Messiah’ explains delay in Second Coming
The Netflix ‘Messiah’ misses key aspects of Jesus’s first coming, especially his teachings on the Holy Spirit.
The Imperishable Greatness of America
In the midst of their own agony, do the sailors of America’s ‘Big Stick’, struggling against a nanometric and covert airborne enemy, realise what a victory has already been won?
Missing Young People: What are We Doing Wrong?
Derry’s ‘Search’ teenagers are praying together online during the Coronavirus crisis. Why are so many young people ‘missing’ elsewhere?
A Different World – not Kansas – So What Next?
A totally different world has suddenly come into being – in which we depend upon ‘neighbours’ who take unknown risks for us. Leaders must suddenly attend to a lock-down world that will certainly never again be what it was.
‘All will be well… and all manner of things…’
How can it happen that unexpected trials lead to a deepening rather than a weakening of Christian faith? Richard Rohr OFM, very much influenced by one such Christian, explains the term ‘mystic’, as a new trial begins for God’s family.
AS Covid Crisis Hovers, Co-Responsibility is Again Kicked into Touch
With Coronavirus Covid-19 dominating all deliberations, Irish Bishops make no mention of the critical issue of co-responsibility following their scheduled spring meeting at Maynooth – March 9-11.
‘It’s about the Amazon, not clergy!’ – Pope Francis surprises yet again
Has Pope Francis ‘lost the plot’ on priestly celibacy – or prioritised justice for Amazonia to show that the church is not self-centred?