![]() Shown with a gradual emergence, in the Irish News of this same hostility News, it too reflected the communal anger at the betrayal of good people inĭecades, this failure of care found all Irish papers (especially in the South)īecoming cold and hostile or just plain indifferent to anything that identified Unsavoury shenanigans in Curia departments in the Vatican became reality. Identity which would prove to be illusionary, when the revelations of the lateīishop Casey to the realms of broken vows and damaged, broken little ones, and Help me in considering my vocation, and for that I am grateful.Īftermath of that decade, wherein we seemed to have discovered anew, a Catholic John Paul II inspired priestly ordinations did much, I believe, to Up in the Eighties, I noticed that every June/July, the paper covered nearlyĮvery Monday, the previous day’s ordinations around the north, especially in With growth of the Extraordinary Rite of Mass! For instance, it has never covered, from what I can see, anything to do That actually convey very little, since it seems that it doesn’t wish to It conveys a ”Catholic” feel, it is usually a mixture of ecumenical viewpoints, Unique coverage of Church matters, that one would not find in any other paper,Ī clear identity that the purchaser of the paper is a CatholicĪdverts for pilgrimages, has a weekly column called “Faith Matters” and whilst, Political debate, the coverage of the sad litany of murder and violence, and Recent conflict, the paper continued to defend those noble views. That the truth – both in their faith and in their love for national unity – Irish News, along with the strong leadership exercised by the episcopateĪnd cultural organisations forged in the northern Irish Catholic a confidence Nationhood, which over the next century and a half would see partition andĬontinued sporadic internecine attacks. Unionist sectarianism, it became a voice that proclaimed the aspiration of From its inception as an anti-Parnell paper,īacking and holding to the Catholic/Nationalist identity, which was thenĮmerging into the industrial engine, with which Belfast was becoming identified The latin phrase: Pro Fide et Patria (For faith and country) has been on everyĮditorial of the Belfast daily The Irish News, whose circulation wouldīe familiar to readers in the border areas of the country. Of London and the Telegraph and that is where the title of this piece Mottos can be found are in some newspaper publications as seen in the Times Identified with heraldry, is not an essential part, which itself is a However, every episcopal coat of arms contains a motto, a guiding ruleįor the new diocesan incumbent for their tenure. Would even follow the most basic rules of this ancient art! He mainlyĬomposed for new episcopal appointments, and the late Bishop Daly of Derry’sĪrms are an outstanding example of the Swiss ecclesial herald’sĮxamples are not what one would consider as having been given much thought or Heim, was a noted authority and his beautiful paintings of armorial bearingsĬonvey a dignity that was noted by many experts in the field. Of Arms, founded by Richard III and in Ireland, by the Chief Herald, at DublinĪuthorities denote prestige to a family or organisation. In London, the regulatory body is The College Sovereign or they are composed by a national body of heralds. Themselves by a grant of arms that summarise an ancestor’s achievement to a Primary expression is found in the science of heraldry where families identify Short phrase or word that inspires and uplifts and can thus be viewed in both a Very cynical view to take, however, mottos are important as they do instill a The only version now acceptable: ME, ME, ME! Wrong with Western society and has therefore no place, except that they convey Of the 21 st Century something that sums up all that has been PRO FIDE ET PATRIA: A USELESS TITLE OR ONE WITH WHICH TO LIVE BY?Ĭreatures which, on the face of it, may seem anachronistic to the sophisticates
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