Council of Experts calls for strategy for Ukrainian refugees
Berlin (KNA) The Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) is calling for a long-term strategy for war refugees from Ukraine. Temporary protection will end for them in March 2025, said Jan Schneider, Head of Research at the SVR, in Berlin on Thursday. Sustainable follow-up solutions are needed, “otherwise several million people in Europe may […]
“Don’t Let the World Steal Your Purpose”: An Abortion Survivor’s Empowering Story of Hope & Healing
“Don’t let the world steal your purpose.” This is what abortion survivor Carrie Fisher said in a Feb. 2019 interview with Special Books for Special Kids. Even though the interview occurred more than four years ago, her message is one every person should hear. Fisher suffers from several bodily health complications due to her mother’s […]
Do All African Bishops Recognize and Resist the Pope?
Above: Vatican City – April 16, 2015. Pope Francis meets with the bishops of Kenya who are on their ad limina visit in Rome, Italy. © L’Osservatore Romano. In the ongoing controversy regarding same-sex blessing, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar has released a response to Pope Francis and Tucho “Spirituality and […]
“The Catholic Cartoonist”: The Story of a 20-Year-Old Artist Using His Comics to Evangelize
Joshua Masterson, a 20-year-old Catholic cartoonist, uses his God-given talent to spread the Catholic faith in a unique way. The fifth of 10 children, Masterson spoke with ChurchPOP about his artwork, faith, and hopes for the future. With over 27,000 followers and more than 390 posts, “The Catholic Cartoonist” first hit Instagram on April 1, […]
The Term “Pastoral” as a Talisman Word
One of the expressions we hear most in recent years is “pastoral.” “Pastoral reasons” are used to justify some initiatives in the ecclesial sphere, as we have seen in Fiducia supplicans. “Pastoral motifs” are also behind many changes in liturgy and sacred music. It almost seems that pastoral care has become a sort of passepartout […]
Fr. Martin. Mike. James. Bug. Alberto. Matthew. IN ONE ROOM. 4 Hours. The Infamous Rundown Episode.
This one has gotten some attention… the Lords of the Trad Table assemble, with Ryan producing behind the curtain. The first ever 4-camera livestream of its type. — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/restoring-the-faith-media/support
Coping with the silence of God
Fr John Harris OP The movie, Silence, tells the story of how in the 17th Century two Portuguese Jesuit priests travelled to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor whom it was rumoured had committed apostasy. Their task was to locate him to discover if this was true and if so bring him back… […]
In Short
Leitrim town gives thanks after tornado During Mass in St Joseph’s Church, Leitrim Village, the site of a tornado last year, Fr Séamus O’Rourke CC Carrick-on-Shannon gave thanks to the Lord for protecting the lives of those in the town. “Tonight, here in Leitrim village, we come together in thanksgiving for the Lord saving the… […]
‘Hurtful’ gangland funerals plague parishes
Priests have been encouraged to hold the line on improper requests at funerals, writes Chai Brady Living in a community in which every neighbour knows who to watch out for in order to steer clear of drug dealing and violence is an unfortunate reality. To allow a church to be used to idolise a person… […]
Freedom of expression in democratic Ireland
Freedom, in many of its manifestations, is under threat around the world, whether it be freedom of speech, freedom of assembly or freedom of thought and conscience. We know only too well of the many instances in 2023 where governments shut down journalists and media and in some cases actually targeted journalists and campaigning citizens… […]