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May 10, 2018

Washington, DC Paul Ryan gives ousted Jesuit his job back Fr Patrick Conroy, the ousted Jesuit chaplain for the US House of Representatives, has returned to his post. In a letter to the Speaker, Paul Ryan, Fr Conroy said he wished to retract his resignation. Mr Ryan, whose office had asked the priest to resign,

Ireland’s opportunity

May 09, 2018

On May 25 Irish voters will decide whether to repeal the pro-life Eighth Amendment to the country’s constitution. The latest poll, published by the Sunday Independent, found 45 per cent in favour of repeal, 34 per cent against and 18 per cent undecided (four per cent did not express an opinion). With days to go

Cartoon: by Kipper Williams

May 09, 2018

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May 09, 2018

Mass readings

May 02, 2018

Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, May 6: Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98; 1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17 Monday, May 7: Weekday of Easter or St Pius V Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149; Jn 15:26-16:4A Tuesday, May 8: Weekday of Easter or St Joseph the Worker Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138;

Comments of the week

May 02, 2018

Letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. Email: [email protected] Due to space constraints, please keep correspondence below 250 words, longer letters may be published online How to save our religious orders SIR – I am afraid it isn’t quite true that “Buckfast will

The best of the web

May 02, 2018

✣ Highlights from the week online Francis: out of sync with the political times Pope Francis is becoming a “lone voice in the wilderness”, according to New York Times writer Jason Horowitz. In contrast to St John Paul II, who “provided the spiritual dimension” for the battle against communism, Francis has “fallen decidedly out of

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May 02, 2018

Hope for Korea

May 02, 2018

Every week for the past 23 years Catholics have gathered at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul for a Mass of Reconciliation for North and South Korea. Last week’s Mass had a unique atmosphere, for it took place days before the historic summit between the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in. The

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May 02, 2018

Cartels and clerics

April 26, 2018

Fr Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia was reportedly hearing Confession in his office last Friday when a gunman burst in and shot him dead. The 33-year-old was the fourth priest to be murdered in Mexico this year. Just two days earlier Fr Ruben Alcantara Diaz was stabbed to death in his church on the outskirts of

Comments of the week

April 26, 2018

Letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. Email: [email protected] Due to space constraints, please keep correspondence below 250 words, longer letters may be published online Avoid woolly thinking on Communion SIR – Elizabeth Price (Letter, April 20) suggests that “Protestant denominations have it

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