Ruadhán Jones and Chai Brady Irish missionaries ministering with some of the world’s most vulnerable people in Africa have called on Ireland to give vaccine booster doses to developing nations “as a matter of justice”. The missionaries warn of a “greater disaster” with just 6% of adults in Africa fully vaccinated as new strains of…

Staff reporter New research reveals that more than one-in-ten Catholics who regularly attended Mass before the pandemic say they will not return when all restrictions are lifted. Carried out by Amárach Research in the Republic in mid-November, the survey found that a slim majority (53%) of pre-coronavirus Mass-goers have not returned, with 47% saying they…

A new documentary celebrating 1,500 years since the birth of the “powerful” and “brave” St Columba will be released next week. The dramatic reconstruction of the warrior and poet’s life, Calum Cille: An Naomh Dàna/Columba: The Bold Saint, will be broadcast simultaneously on the BBC, ALBA and TG4 on December 7 at 9.30pm and will…

It would be “unwise and unhelpful” to decide how the final listening report will be handled at the early stages of Ireland’s national synod, according to Bishop Paul Dempsey of Achonry following concerns about the process. A number of leading laypeople have called on the Irish bishops to return their final listening report when it…

Independent Dáil members have described as “bizarre” Government suggestions that families might forgo Christmas nativity plays this festive season while sports stadiums and night clubs are full. It comes as the Ombudsman for Children Niall Muldoon warned that the suggestions have a disproportionate impact on children and young people since no such plans have been…