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Giving a voice to our priests

A meeting will take place this week of a select committee with the aim being to set-up a association of Irish Catholic priests.

Ireland’s great emancipator

Daniel O’Connell’s omission from the list of the forthcoming RTÉ series on the greatest Irish people of recent centuries

Letter provides opportunity for reflection

The lives of Hans Küng and Joseph Ratzinger have changed significantly since they were dubbed ‘the teenage theologians’

Life thru a lens

Photographer Eamonn O’Boyle has taken the brave step of bringing out a book of his work. It is a splendid collection

Time for church to face up to vocation crisis

The old ways of church vocations are but a relic. It is time for the church to change before it is too late.

Interacting between tradition and freedom

After the untimely death of the great Dermot Earley, John Waters is possibly the most famous living Roscommon man.

Tales of a revolutionary cleric

The return of the Cross of Cong to Mayo makes it appropriate to look in greater detail at the life and times of Fr Patrick Lavelle.

Documenting our rich history

The availability of the 1901 national census online will provide an important insight into our rich history

Honouring our forgotten war heroes

In a week dominated by controversy, there was one major good new story. As part of her state visit to Turkey, President McAleese attended a commemoration in Gallipoli of Irish soldiers who had died there in 1915 during a battle of the First World War.

Pentecost and the summer transformation

As the summer season comes into bloom the celebration of Pentecost can be a source of inspiration, courage and fortitude

Time to seek a new beginning

If the Catholic Church is to regain credibility a resignation of the magnitude of Cardinal Brady’s might herald a new beginning

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Giving a voice to our priests

Ireland’s great emancipator

Letter provides opportunity for reflection

Life thru a lens

Time for church to face up to vocation crisis

Interacting between tradition and freedom

Tales of a revolutionary cleric

Documenting our rich history

Honouring our forgotten war heroes

Pentecost and the summer transformation

Time to seek a new beginning

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