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In this day and age, it is difficult to escape talk of the environment. Many of us do our best to be environmentally aware and to make environmentally friendly decisions. But why is care for the earth something that should be of particular importance to members of the church? And what is there in the Christian message that can inspire us to do more? In this month’s cover story, entitled ‘How Green is Your Faith?’, Triona Doherty examines the challenge of caring for the earth.

On July 29 1968, Humanae vitae was published by Pope Paul VI. It caused a firestorm throughout the Catholic Church. In ‘Forty years after Humanae vitae,’ Fr Raphael Gallagher, C.Ss.R. explains the background to the publication of the encyclical and why it opened a wound in the church that has not yet healed

During the Second World War a golf-loving giant of a man from Kerry managed to save the lives of thousands of Jews in Rome. A new book, by Brian Fleming, tells the story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, the unassuming priest whose heroism earned him honours abroad but little recognition at home. Sue Leonard spoke to Brian Fleming about ‘The Vatican Pimpernel.’

This is just a flavour of what’s in the Summer 2008 issue of Reality magazine. Readers of our print or online subscription editions will find much more, including a feature on the Book of Ruth, an interview with three priests from Down and Connor diocese who have signed a recording contract worth nearly $2 million for the music giant Sony BMG, and a reflection on the need for regular liturgies for miscarriage.


All these and much more in our Summer 2008 issue. Worth subscribing to at our special rates.

With all good wishes

Gerry Moloney CSsR

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