Yes Ireland has a lot of praying stalwart catholics. Most of those who have drifted away still go to the church when a crisis occurs and pray. Tomorrow is grandparents day and grandparents up and down the country will attend Mass where their primary going grandchildren attend school. The grandparents for the most part are still faithful. Keep praying.
Belloc was as sound a Catholic as you could read. We can just keep on keepin' on. One thing about many Irish people-they're fickle and like to be on the side that they think is winning and like to be liked. They would change back again overnight if circumstances changed.
On the national radio channel in Ireland, some of the adverts are to aid in popularising the shows on the channel itself. Short catchy snippets of conversation or banter are usually broadcast. It's a way of programming the brains of the listeners and demonstrating the ingenuity of the show hosts in interpreting the prevailing issues of the day - of testing the waters with woke ideas. Today, I am proud to say I learned a new concept from such radio snippets. It's called 'ableism' if I caught that correctly. Apparently, it is entrenched in our societies and I presume it must be rooted out! Now we must not wish for a healthy child to be born, in case that offends those whose babies are born with some sort of disability (except of course if they are in the womb, in which case they can be 'terminated' so that we don't have to deal with that nasty 'ableism' problem!). On national television tonight, plenty of love in the air with the nation's Valentine special, hosted by none other than the nations most popular chat show host. Plenty of sexual inuendo too - too offensive to repeat. And not a jot of remorse or clue as to the sins they celebrate with joy and laughter. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
I have given up on RTÉ years ago and especially Late Late Show. However I have recently started watching Tommy Tiernan. He was quite anti Catholic and Christian until recent times but now he is different. He, I believe, has returned to faith. His interviews are really good and insightful. Last week he had a guest who had a spiritual outlook. The man tells stories and myths and from what I could gather looks to our ancestors for inspiration. Tommy said at one stage ' we have no story in Ireland now, we no longer know who we are. The goodness of Jesus has been hidden by the things that have happened in the church. I believe Tommy was changed by meeting John Moriarty, a philosopher from Kerry who died some years ago. John came back to the faith and his stories are amazing. You can find some of his talks on YouTube. He has a wonderful Kerry accent. All these are signs of hope that we will return to our roots. I guess no one is beyond God's mercy. Let's continue to pray for the conversion of our country.
God forgive me, but as the father of a disabled daughter, and knowing exactly what that means for her, I'd be tempted to disable someone who spoke like that. I've even heard about perfectly healthy people, in another country, identifying as 'disabled'. We'll probably get that in Ireland, too, and then they'll claim disability payment.
I agree. I don't watch much television, but I've seem Tommy's show a few times. I didn't know until now about his reversion, but the general consensus in our house is that he let's his guests speak for themselves and generally doesn't lead with any of his own agendas. I thought his interview with Rodger Daltry was particularly good-Daltry seems a wonderful, modest down-to-earth man for a famous 'rock god'-he is, and always was, anti-drugs and told a hilarious story of once flushing The Who's drugs down the toilet-his colleagues threw him out of the band, only to have to obsequiously beg him to return as records stopped selling. Of course, if Tommy has regained his religion, that might explain the recent 'racist' controversy he became entangled in, over a joke in his stand-up career. The joke was quite harmless, but it was a coloured RTE employee who 'took offence'. The woke don't like those who reject them.
H He is not afraid of silence or long pauses. I have read an article he wrote some years back on his return to Mass and the reaction of his teenage children.
I was looking Tommy up and discovered an article in The Independent, from 2004, long before his reversion. Apparently, RTE had to apologise over Tommy's comments about the Church, on the Late Late Show. It was all about the Church abuse crisis which was very prominent in the news at the time. However, it was interesting to note that the reporter said of Tommy's outburst, that if all the swear words and blinding were deleted from it, he was essentially calling out priests for not living up to their vows and to the Gospel. Perhaps, his heart was always in the right place. It was justifiable to be angry with clerical abusers and their facilitator/protectors. It could be said that the apology went in the wrong direction. His example to his children is interesting, too. It will pay dividends in the future, please God, even if it takes years, decades. I share a similar position.
My brother was in Waterford city on Ash Wednesday and noticed the unusually large numbers of people going around with ashes on their foreheads. Turns out our wonderful Bishop Alphonsus was out in the city square from after morning mass until 6pm distributing ashes to hundreds of people. https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/2023/2/23/aekq3092chav6t0rpyrdb12h6p3on5
The Islamization of the 'land of saints & scholars' https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/the-name-game GALWAY, Ireland (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Muslim name Muhammad is now the most popular birth name in one of Ireland's most populous cities.
If anyone wants to know the scale of the globalist attack on Ireland, listen to the great John Waters here... https://rumble.com/v2a7cfs-john-waters-how-uncontrolled-immigration-is-destroying-ireland.html
Ireland is not the enemy for Faithful Catholics. The wonderful Fr. Brendan tells us like it is. Someone was saying to me the other night that you would end up the loneliest person on the Planet if folks found out what you really think. So true. They would be flying in from the Planet Mars to cancel you. We are in an enemy occupied country.
I know Bishop Phonsie from way back. In fact he taught one of my children prior to him going forward for the priesthood. He has always been a great example of reaching out. He is kind but never afraid to speak the truth with love. He is a gift.
https://gript.ie/75-increase-in-sex...se-in-domestic-violence-call-outs-in-3-years/ 75% increase in sexual offences since 2011 – 40% rise in domestic violence call-outs in 3 years There has been a 40% increase in domestic violence call-outs across Ireland, according to figures released to TD Peadar Tóibín at the end of last week. The figures coincide with statistics revealing a 75% surge in recorded sexual offences in Ireland from 2011 to 2021. The figures, released through a Parliamentary Question, showed that the number of domestic violence calls responded to in 2022 was 53,775 – representing an increase of 4,462 calls, a 9% increase on 2021 figures. Overall, a 40% increase in domestic violence call-outs responded to by Gardaí across Ireland has been recorded since 2019. Mr Tóibín, a TD for Meath West and leader of Aontú, described the figures as “staggering” and “heart-breaking”. The politician recently asked the Minister for Justice for clarification on the number of times gardaí were called to scenes of domestic violence in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. Commenting on the disconcerting revelations, he told Gript: “This is a disaster for tens of thousands of people, mostly women. These are truly heart-breaking figures”. In a statement sent to Gript, the TD said that he had recently received a response to a Parliamentary Question which showed that more than 1,000 people, mainly women, had attended a sexual assault treatment unit last year – adding that this marked the “first time ever” the number surpassed 1,000 people. Mr Tóibín said the number had increased by 20% – the equivalent of an extra 200 people attending a treatment unit, as he pointed to a huge increase in rape and sexual violence in Ireland. “In 2011 there were 1,958 Sexual offences recorded. In 2021 the figure increased by 75% to 3,433 sexual offences. In 2011 there were 447 rapes recorded. In 2021 it had doubled to 983 rapes,” Mr Tóibín said. “Ireland is becoming a more violent place, especially for women,” he continued, as he hit out at the government response to those impacted by domestic violence. PORN CONSUMPTION AN ISSUE “Society and the Government are failing victims and survivors of domestic violence,” he said – as he highlighted the impact of porn consumed by children in Ireland who are “as young as ten,” the TD said. “The Government is introducing a standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation. There is significant evidence that this violent action is widespread in pornographic material that is consumed by boys as young as 10. Yet the government has refused to follow the lead of the French Government or the Aontú Bill which would stop the provision of these materials to children,” he said. SENTENCING TOO LENIENT The TD said that another problem is found in the leniency of sentencing in Ireland, stating that a “zero tolerance” policy is needed, meaning stronger sentencing. “While sentences vary, Ireland is far too lenient in terms of our sentencing in terms of domestic violence or sexual abuse. “We need a zero tolerance policy, and that means stronger sentencing. It also means more Gardaí being available when called out to these crimes. We also need stronger support in place for survivors. There are entire counties without any shelters available for victims of domestic abuse. “The state needs to stop dragging its feet on these issues. Too many people’s lives have already been damaged by inaction on this issue,” he said.
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp8iter/p8iter/p8rrc/ The proportion of Catholics in Ireland, 1881 to 2016 In 2016 Roman Catholics accounted for 78.3 per cent of the de facto population compared with 84.2 per cent in 2011. Looking back, census results show that historically Roman Catholics represented on average of 89.5 per cent of the population in each of the four censuses held from 1881 to 1911. It subsequently rose to a peak in 1961 of 94.9 per cent. Since then, its proportion of the total population has slowly declined. While the proportion of Catholics declined in 2016, the total number also recorded a fall of 132,220 persons from 3.86 million in 2011 to 3.73 million in 2016, the first such fall in absolute numbers since at least five decades.
A lot of the sexual assaults carried out by immigrants. Ireland being flooded with immigrants in a new plantation. In many towns women can no longer walk the streets safely without being harassed. There are a lot of protests in the south of Ireland about this of course ignored by mainstream media. Anyone who questions the immigration issue automatically labelled a right wing nut.
