Unplanned star was shocked to learn her own storyIn a recent interview on Fox News American actress Ashley Bratcher told how she had no idea who Abby Johnson was when she first auditioned to play her in the upcoming movie, Unplanned. A 6-page plot summary of the film left her wondering: “how could this incredibly passionate woman one day change her mind about everything she believed in?” But she would be shocked later on to discover that her own life was more intimately linked to the plot than she realised.
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English bishop launches ‘Year of Holiness’
Speaking to young people in the year 2000 Pope John Paul II quoted St. Catherine of Siena, “If you are what you should be, you will set the world ablaze.” For Bishop Mark Davies in England, being “what you should be” means being a saint. In his latest pastoral letter the bishop has called on his people to keep 2019 as a “Year of Holiness”, with the focus on becoming saints. The renowned French author, Leon Bloy, he noted, spoke the truth when he said, “the only great tragedy in life is not to become a saint.”
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Homily: The Catholic Church must believe in its Mission |
Homily: Hope after Abortion Referendum |
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EU-funded anti-refugee wall nobody talks aboutThe Irish media obsess about Donald Trump’s desire to build a wall along the US border with Mexico. They are silent, however, about Ireland’s involvement in a 3-metre (10ft) high wall along the Turkish-Syrian border. The purpose of each wall is the same - to keep refugees and migrants out. Turkey has an 822km border with Syria whose people have been bombarded from all directions since 2011, with several EU member states joining in. What few Irish people realise is that a wall runs along 764km (475 miles) of that border, funded in large part by the EU.
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By Fr Brian McKevitt O.P.
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