Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
[aloud]
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

Lots of people are running around in a confused state after the Daily Telegraph sting operation revealed that it's quite possible for women to have abortions in Great Britain for reasons other...

YOU can help save lives!
 
From February  22nd- April 7 2012, many will be joining together for a faith-filled, groundbreaking, coordinated pro-life mobilization -- 40 Days for Life.
 
40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life effort that consists of:
 
• 40 days of prayer and fasting

• 40 days of peaceful vigil

• 40 days of community outreach
 
in Ireland abortion referral clinics are operating all over the country; these clinic offer false and misleading information to women in crisis pregnanc...

Family and I attended the Rally for Life in Dublin on Saturday - the wife has some coverage including photos of the kids and some old guy here.  This website has good photos - it says there were about 8,000 at the rally.

I had been doing my usual moaning about the lack of attendance by the bishops who I think should be in the forefront of the rally every year - so credit where it's due to Seamus Hegarty, Bishop of Derry for attending.

Bishop of Derry (on the the right) - priest on the left is c...

My friend L has a tendency to badger me into putting things on my blog.  So here some information on the upcoming All-Ireland Rally for Life.  Last year it was in Belfast so this year it's in Dublin, Saturday 2nd July at 2pm.

Now here's the thing - if you go to the Rally for Life website here you will find a range of nice things, including pre-Rally Mass times and venues - what you won't find, at least not easily, is a hint as to where the rally actually starts.  Might be an idea to put that o...

No, it's not another email to me from the editor of the Irish Catholic.  It's how Jane Russell, who died this week, aged 89, described herself. 

She also said:  “People should never, ever have an abortion. Don’t talk to me about it being a woman’s right to choose what she does with her own body. The choice is between life and death,”. 

Jane had an abortion as a young woman which rendered her infertile.

Her family have asked, in lieu of flowers, that people donate to Care Net Pregnancy ...

Thank you to all my loyal readers who wrote to express their sympathy during my recent bout of carpal tunnerl syndrome.  Actually that's not strictly true - no one wrote.  I've been away, concentrating on a creative writing project, for which, I am rather proud to relate, I this very day, received an award.  Awards, of course, aren't important to writers like myself - it's the second award I've received for my work.  It should be published shortly, perhaps tomorrow.

There have been many storie...