Occasional Scribbles

Another exciting website entry from one of the provinces of the Dominican Order. Note spelling. This is really not acceptable or even fair t...

Middle class white privileged people have no idea what it is like for those who are poor and are forced to eke out an existence. How in God...

Yesterday this blog commented on long rambling sentences on websites operated by the Dominican Order. The piece below, in italics, is today...

This evening German television - ARD - screend a film of what life was like in the former GDR for those who refused to accept the terror of ...

While it may not be polite to criticise another's writing, it is difficult not to overlook the following sentence. It is on the home pag...

It seems Pope Benedict said many things during his four-day State visit to Germany. In Erfurt he expressed concern for the growing fundament...

This column appears in toady's IN&M Irish regional newspapers. By Michael Commane When I was a novice, back in 1967, our novice mast...

Powerful pictures from Erfurt this afternoon. Interesting to know what Christian Wulff and Angela Merkel said to the episcopal gliterati in ...

The link below is from today's Frankfurter Rundschau. It is on Pope Benedict's visit to the Bundestag. Interesting and enjoyable to ...

Pope Benedict arrived in Berlin- Tegel at 10.16 German time. He has been guest at Schloss Bellevue where he was welcomed by President Christ...

This morning at 01.00 Irish time Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection in Atlanta in the US State of Georgia. The lethal oinjectio...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell - the US military's 18-year ban on openly gay and lesbian service personnel - has officially been repealed...

The piece below appears in this week's IN&M regional newspapers published in Ireland By Michael Commane The schools are all back int...

The piece below is from today's Frankfurter Rundschau on the Pirate Party. In Sunday's election in Berlin the party won more than f...

The current upheaval among Austrian clergy is gaining momentum. It will spread. Some of the 'hot spots' according to the current iss...

This evening Guenther Jauch asked the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Worwereit what he thought of the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict to Germany and...

In a poll commission for the Guenther Jauch programme on German television this evening, 55 per cent of Germans are in favour of financiall...

Pope Benedict's address to the Bundestag on Thursday will be boycotted by a number of parliamentarians. And while German parliamentarian...

Below is the 'Thinking Anew' column in today's 'Irish Times' We can pull anything out of the Bible to back up our claims...

There is a report in today's Irish Times of Angela Merkel opening an exhibition at the former customs clearing building at Freidrichstr...

Anyone who uses dublinbikes be particularly careful with the inbuilt locking device. It is a spring-loaded chain device, which is attached t...

The piece below if from today's Irish Times. PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent THE ASSOCIATION of Catholic Priests has supp...

This blog apologises for giving an incorrect name in an RTE Prime Time investigates programme. The blog referred to a Fr Kevin Byrne when it...

Over two and a half million journeys later, dublinbikes celebrates its second birthday today. During this time dublinbikes has been recognis...

Retired bishop of Derry, Edward Daly, calls for married priests. Interviewed on RTE Radio One this morning he spoke about priests who left m...

ARD, one of Germany's two public broadcasting TV stations, featured this evening a new political talk show hosted by well-known TV perso...

Rumour going about that the new Roman missal is being recalled due to binding problems. If the rumour is true, there is a great irony to it....

Today's Irish Times tells an interesting story about the position of the Catholic Church in Ireland. On page eight Patsy McGarry writes ...

An Irish media outlet reported that the Karlsruhe judgement concerning Bundestag bailouts was 'tight'. The ruling was a seven to one...

Earlier this year an RTE Prime Time Investigates programme accused Fr Kevin Reynolds, a Mill Hill priest, of statutory rape by fathering a c...

Russian Prime Minister Wladimir Putin turned the tap today on the new gas pipeline which flows under the Baltic Sea. The pipe delivers gas d...