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3 days ago | irishcatholic.com | Mary Kenny

I am as apprehensive of Artificial Intelligence as the next person, and the notion of robots governing so much of our lives is worrying. How many jobs will be lost when AI does everything from accountancy to keyhole surgery? Will authors and writers lose control of their own texts once AI can compose words as…

3 days ago | irishcatholic.com | Breda O'Brien

A political war of the sexes In the last year or two, there has been a great deal of coverage of a political gender divide opening between younger men and women, with young men drifting more to the right and young women moving firmly to the left. John Burns-Murdoch of the Financial Times was one of the first to note that…

3 days ago | irishcatholic.com | Jenna Cooper

Q: I’m curious as to the appropriate practice of saying the St Michael prayer either before the final blessing or after Mass. Is there a suggested practice to this powerful prayer as to when it should be said before the entire congregation?

3 days ago | irishcatholic.com | Ronald Rolheiser

It is better for you that I go away It is better for you that I go away” These are some of Jesus’ parting words on the night before he died. How can it be better for us when someone we love deeply goes away? That would make sense only if the relationship is dysfunctional or abusive. But how can that be true in…

1 week ago | irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales

Misean Cara was founded in 2004 to support the overseas development work of Irish missionaries. However, the organisation’s story began much earlier. It is part of a long history of service among the world’s most overlooked communities. Missionaries have lived where others would not stay, learned languages and customs not their own, and built relationships that last for decades. Their work is often done in remote villages or conflict zones where few outsiders can go.