Stand up with pride for life, love women and their babies
The 8th Amendment, article 40.3.3 of the Constitution, has brought immense blessings on Ireland. It acknowledges that every unborn child, by virtue of being human, has a right to life from conception.
The state undertakes to uphold that right as far as practicable, with due regard for the equal right to life of the baby’s mother. Where does the right to life come from? The Constitution does not say. Nor does it grant this right. It recognises it as prior to all human law. Read more >> |
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Vatican issues warning about two trends in modern spirituality
A new Vatican document has highlighted two serious and widespread errors in spirituality today, tendencies that disregard the central place of Christ in human salvation and the importance of membership of the Church. In the face of much modern confusion, both outside and within the Church, it re-affirmed the central Christian teaching that Jesus Christ is the one and only Saviour of the whole world.
The first error mentioned springs from individualism with its focus on the independent or autonomous person.
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The first error mentioned springs from individualism with its focus on the independent or autonomous person.
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Homily: We Can Know The Truth |
Homily: The Greatest Crisis in the Church today |
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East Europe states see need for moral lawThe modern world’s widespread loss of faith in God and in the natural law is undermining justice in society and democracy itself, Cardinal Peter Erdo of Budapest told students in Columbia University, New York. “It is difficult for the state to decide what is good for man,” said Erdo, “without some foundation in natural law and a religious worldview.”
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By Fr Brian McKevitt O.P.
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