Comments made by Irish MEP Mick Wallace about a bishop detained by the Nicaraguan regime have been dubbed “inexcusable” and “reckless” by an Irish missionary. The European Parliament motion on Nicaragua, which decried the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the “repression” of the Church in the country under authoritarian leader Daniel Ortega, passed by…

Women religious in Ireland have lamented their “constant battering” by the media in a submission to the Irish synodal process. Media reporting is “happy to use women religious as scapegoats for Irish Church and society”, the Irish women religious say in their submission. “When we feel that it’s ending it comes back again and again…

The Primate of All-Ireland has said he hopes that following Queen Elizabeth II’s death the risks she took to build peace will not be forgotten. Archbishop Eamon Martin of the Archdiocese of Armagh attended the queen’s funeral on Monday. He said: “Since the queen’s death there has been an outpouring of affection and genuine respect…

The Irish Government is failing to meet its own agreements for protecting the rights of children, Irish religious have warned. Very concerned In a joint submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Irish religious said they are “very concerned” that the Government is “falling short” in a number of key areas.…

Chai Brady, Ruadhán Jones and Jason Osborne Nine students have begun formal seminary studies for the priesthood for Ireland’s 26 dioceses this month. It is up on the six who entered seminary last year. A further ten men will also begin a preparatory programme – known as a propaedeutic year – with the hope of…