War on media blasphemy
Five years ago, shortly after discussing in a column the growing tendency for all manner of media to tolerate blasphemy,...
2009
St Francis and my ‘foster child’
For the last few months, we had a foster child. It started off by him just coming over for a...
Archbishop Hurley and The Southern Cross
This is the full text of the address by Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher at the launch of Paddy Kearney’s...
Misplaced sympathy
We should be disturbed by the public sympathy film director Roman Polanski has received from some quarters, including the French...
Feminism ‘anti-women’
Over the years since feminism came into the social sphere, the mentality surrounding women has changed in many ways. Have...
Telesales and a point of principles
Saturday morning, and my cellphone rings. On the other side is an amicable fellow, effusively informing me of the privilege...
Excommunicated for what?
By Brian Gaybba The reported excommunication of an American priest, Fr Roy Bourgeois, who defends the view that women can...
Turn endless Africa talk into action
The toughest challenge facing the second Synod of Bishops for Africa in Rome this October is conference fatigue. Another meeting...
For better or worse
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading we hear Jesus’ injunction that the bond of marriage entered into freely under God is...
