Bishop of Down and Connor Alan McGuckian has appealed to Belfast City Hall to remain a civic space that should “unite rather than divide” in a letter to all 60 members of Belfast City Council. The letter, written personally by Bishop McGuckian, comes ahead of the decision by the City Council to illuminate City Hall…
Irish society is “living off the fumes of the past” and can no longer assume a Christian worldview, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has warned, saying this generation of Catholics must take responsibility for bringing the faith to their contemporaries. In his homily at the opening Mass for Ave Maria University’s new semester-abroad programme at Mount Melleray…
The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is a reminder that the Church must embrace modern media without allowing personality or popularity to eclipse the Gospel, Bishop Paul Dempsey has said. The celebrated Irish-American preacher and broadcaster was beatified today at a Mass in St Louis, Missouri, presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on behalf…
“Family love cannot replace proper public support,” said Catherine Wiley, CEO of the Catholic Grandparents Association (CGA) to The Irish Catholic, responding to a recent survey published by ALONE on the impact of rising living costs on older people. “And public support cannot replace the love, the presence and the responsibility of the family,” Ms…
A Co. Louth priest, only two weeks into his new position as parish priest of Ardee, Collon and Ballapousta, died suddenly last week. Fr Mark O’Hagan’s death was announced on Friday, September 18, and was met with an outpouring of love and appreciation from those in current and past communities. The 55-year-old priest, from Coalisland,…
