Why Religion Survives in China

Why Religion Survives in China

In his blog, Fr Hugh MacMahon of Aitece Ireland ponders the fraught relationship between Communist China and Christianity. Talking recently with some Chinese in their late-thirties, I should not have been surprised to hear that they had no record of their baptism,...
China: “We are all sisters and brothers”

China: “We are all sisters and brothers”

This is the tenth exclusive ICN report from a Catholic – who lives in Wuhan and prefers to remain anonymous – giving a first-hand account of the situation in the Chinese city which was the original centre of the Coronovirus pandemic. The Archdiocese of...
Fr John Silvester McGrath

Fr John Silvester McGrath

John Silvester McGrath was born on 31 December 1930 at Carna, Connemara, Co Galway. He was educated at Carna NS, Bangor Erris NS, Charlestown NS, Ballymore NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1949 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1955....