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Lent – A Holy Season
Cardinal Vincent Nichols explores how Lent invites us to rediscover our call to be holy. Lent is a holy season and we are invited to explore and discover what it means to be holy. The Old Testament says very simply: ‘Be holy, as I am holy.’ (Leviticus …
Read MoreSt Blaise – Saint of the Throat
February 3 is the feast day of the mysterious and kindly St Blaise, who was beheaded for preaching the word of Christ. He is also the man to call upon if you get a fishbone or other object stuck in your throat and is associated with the sacramental Ble …
Read MoreCardinal Vincent’s Reflections on the Vatican Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Catholic Church
The Vatican meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church concluded with a press briefing that saw concrete commitments and initiatives announced to protect children and to combat abuse. https://youtu.be/rzie3_BBM_s Concrete Initiatives Fathe …
Read MoreSarah MacDonald: ‘Martin has put the cat amongst the pigeons with his courageous address’
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s address in Limerick on ‘The Church of the Future’ is likely to set the cat amongst the pigeons in Irish Catholic circles with its forthright appraisal of the state of Irish Catholicism, and his willingness to acknowledge th …
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