Episode Details

Donal O’Sullivan Latchford and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy open with Easter identity — what it means to say “I am a sinner baptised into Christ” — before working through several media stories. On the reported tensions between Pope Leo XIV and the Trump administration, Fr. Eamonn cautions against click-bait headlines and notes how Pope Leo himself answered such questions simply on the plane to Algeria: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

On the primary schools survey, the programme drills into the statistics: the headline figure of 40% wanting change masks the fact that only 16% of all eligible households expressed a preference for change, while 60% of respondents wished to retain Catholic ethos — a result the Irish bishops’ website and the Irish Catholic reported accurately but which mainstream media framed very differently. They also cover a technical update on the mother and baby home excavations, giving important contextual detail largely omitted from coverage. Lighter moments include Roy Keane’s tribute to his late mother, Rory McIlroy’s US Masters victory and emotional thanks to his parents, and Jesse Buckley’s Oscar acceptance speech — all seen as quietly wholesome countersigns in the culture.

Hear more current affairs shared and explored by Donal and Father Eamonn here.

L'articolo Hope in the Media – Easter Identity and Schools Survey – Dónal O’Sullivan-Latchford & Father Eamonn McCarthy proviene da Radio Maria.