During my detention, I held the hand of Christ. It is thanks to him that I have stayed standing, says Asia Bibi.
Jason Evert has reported that his message has been able to reach tens of thousands more people than he would have been able to reach with a few talks in Ireland.
The main event will be on Thursday 15 January at 7.30 p.m. in Merrion Road Church, Blackrock, Dublin.
“Evidently, many of the Western powers have an interest in seeing the violence continue, and their profits are more important than our lives” – Bishop Kientega.
Prompt and generous response to Catholic Comment appeal for ‘Catholic Voices’ in the media for WMOF18.
“As pilgrims and media from all over the world turn towards Dublin for the World Meeting of Families in August, we at Catholic Comment are preparing a team of media speakers to help throw light on the message of Christ and of the Church, before and during this momentous event.”
Helping people to connect with the preparations for the World Meeting will be vital and Brenda Drumm is especially well placed to manage this role with energy, creativity and commitment.
Public discourse and the media in Ireland have become “coarse” in recent years warns Fr Tony Flannery.
“People from abroad are often astonished at the level of antipathy to the Church displayed in our country.”
“The same old clichés are still being trotted out and caricature images of ‘nuns’ repeated ad nauseam” – Sr Una Agnew.
Our faith has a lot to say about the nihilism and despair of a throwaway culture that has driven young people to self-destruction. Our Church’s teachings would seriously question such a limited view of individual rights that would dispute the equality of life of a mother and her unborn baby.
Speakers at a conference organised by Cleraun Study Centre will include Carol Leonnig, who won a public service Pulitzer Prize in 2014 as a member of a team that released the ‘Snowden Papers’.
The conference brings together leaders from the media, education, politics, the arts, business, social sector and the Churches to learn from one another.
Church needs to challenge the consumer society which benefits from selling 'things' offering ‘salvation’ on the surface but neglect the inner reality of people’s lives.
Primate suggests Maynooth offer a theology course specifically tailored for those working in Church communications and religious affairs.
Secularist approach to the study of faiths in new programme 'Education about Religions and Beliefs & Ethics' may even be imposed on faith-based schools.
In victim impact statement, Tom O'Gorman's siblings urge people to remember him for "the warm and beautiful person he was".
New Secretariat for Communications will act as umbrella for nine communications offices including Pontifical Council for Social Communications and Vatican Radio.
“Is anyone surprised by this news?” asked Mgr Melchor Sanchez de Toca, director of the Pontifical Council for Culture's sports division.
The great challenge facing people today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information.
New research commissioned by the Mothers Union shows four in five parents (80%) in Great Britain are concerned about the commercialisation of childhood.
Concern over disparity between 33 pro-choice articles and 1 pro-life article that appeared in national papers in the space of a fortnight recently.
"Romero saw the struggle for justice in his country as a struggle against forces that were not simply political and economic, but demonic."
Glenstal Abbot warns that “The Catholic Church, for the pantomime which the press is keen to promote, is the Wicked Stepmother of every fairy tale."
Archbishop Eamon Martin, chair of the Bishops’ Council for Communications, welcomes this year’s message from Pope Francis.
Archbishop Brown suggests priorities for the Irish church include confession, vocations and promoting the beauty of the faith within society.
Fr Robert Reed is the CEO of a major Catholic television network in the US. He has just published his first book. He talks about the saints, priesthood, renewal and 'Renewed'.
Archbishop of Tuam tells Knights and Dames that the Church in Ireland today finds itself “at a rather bewildering crossroads”.
"The Church and media share similar goals - to seek out the truth and highlight injustice," Archbishop Eamon Martin tells Radharc Trust awards ceremony.
The sins of the media are misinformation, calumny and defamation.
