The Easter Rising at 100: What Role Did the Church Play?

A recent article published in Crux laments what the author considers a lack of adequate attention given to the Catholic Church in centenary celebrations of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland. In spite of the presence of the Head Chaplain for the Irish Defense Forces during the centenary celebrations, a planned centenary Requiem Mass… Read More The Easter Rising at 100: What Role Did the Church Play?

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Check out these recent articles from around the web: Granted a new life by the pope, refugees speak of horrors that drove them from Syria by Tom Kington: “In March of last year, Al Shakarji decided to risk fleeing down mined roads and past snipers to reach Turkey, taking his wife and three children with… Read More Around the Web

What Alexander Hamilton and Pope Francis Share on Immigration

Millennial writer Christopher White has a new article at Crux. He writes: Today Europe faces a crisis on a scale never before seen—and the latest numbers reveal the situation to be getting worse. The month before Pope Francis traveled to Lesbos, almost 9,600 migrants attempted to cross the Mediterranean into Italy, more than four times… Read More What Alexander Hamilton and Pope Francis Share on Immigration