Well, Holy God: My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent
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In Well, Holy God, Patsy McGarry, the Religious Affairs Correspondent for The Irish Times since 1997, gives a personal account of growing up in the Catholic Church and of a faith lost when the stark realities of that Church became apparent to him.
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As the Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times from 1997, Patsy McGarry reported on some of the most troubling scandals to have rocked both Catholic and Protestant Churches in the last few decades. In Well, Holy God, he looks back not only on his time in journalism, recalling some of the most distressing stories he has had to cover, but also his own history with Catholicism and of a faith lost when the stark realities of being part of that Church became apparent to him.
This book covers the gamut of his career, from the horrors of the various clerical child sex abuse cases, the vilification of Bishop Eamonn Casey and the muted reaction the Church of Ireland to the violence at Drumcree, to the role of women in the Catholic Church and the tragedies of the Mother and Baby Homes and the Magdalene laundries. Alongside accounts of such seismic events, there are lighter anecdotes, including the perils of travelling with a pope, some characters he's met along the way and a look at the good that those with a true calling can do.
Well, Holy God is a memoir brimming with personality, charting the highs and lows of a truly fascinating career.
Additional information
| Weight | 600 g |
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| Dimensions | 21.5 × 13.5 × 3 cm |
| Book_author | McGarry, Patsy |
| Publisher | Merrion Press |
| Imprint | Merrion Press |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 304 |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 282.092 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
