COP26 and the Perils of Climate Change by Fr Sean McDonagh

COP26 and the Perils of Climate Change by Fr Sean McDonagh

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988. The objective of the IPCC was to provide governments at all levels with scientific...
A Life Lived on the Line to Save Others

A Life Lived on the Line to Save Others

Adapted from an obituary of Philip Noel Dunne by Columban Fr Pat O’Donoghue which was published in the Irish Times on 21 May 2021.  Philip Noel Dunne died of COVID-19 at his Colorado home in the United States in December last year, but his death means far more than...
Kitchens in the Sky

Kitchens in the Sky

With Columban support, a religious Sister is helping feed mountain-top shanty-town dwellers in Covid ravaged Peru, reports Columban missionary Fr John Boles. “Die from Covid or die from hunger. Not much of a choice.” Sr Isabel Miguelez spells out the stark dilemma...
Memorial Mass for three Columbans buried in Lahore

Memorial Mass for three Columbans buried in Lahore

Last month four Columbans from the Pakistan Mission Unit travelled to Lahore for a Memorial Mass for the three Columbans buried there, writes Fr Tomás King. The three are: lay missionary Pilar Tilos, Fr Pat McCaffrey and Fr Tommy ‘Tanvir’ O’Hanlon. We were unable to...
Update from Fr Ed on Peru’s desperate Covid situation

Update from Fr Ed on Peru’s desperate Covid situation

The total number of cases of Covid-19 on 31st May was 1,961,087 (49.9% in Lima Department and Province of Callao); authorities recently updated the figures by 184,507 deaths, writes Fr Ed O’Connell. The number of cases in Lima are now equal to outside Lima and...