Parishes asked to increase awareness of trafficking Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has told a top level summit of police chiefs, Irish bishops and justice personnel that the crime of human trafficking is getting worse. The Senior Leadership Summit on collectively combatting human trafficking was held in UCC, Cork from June 26 to 27. This…
As part of the Presentation Sisters’ celebrations for their 200th year anniversary in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, there will be a tour of the place the community was founded, where construction has commenced on 52 homes. Sophia Housing, who are delivering the housing are hosting the event set for July 2, 200 years after the community…
The Carmelite Sisters New Ross, a congregation of cloistered nuns, are using social media to share their lives inside the convent walls with the world. They post biblical and spiritual sayings on Facebook accompanied by pictures of the sisters doing daily activities around the convent’s property. Sr Gwen Collins, currently the responsible for sharing on…
The Government has been unable to clarify whether a law change allowing gardaí to make protestors remove face coverings will include religious garb, such as a burka. This comes following masks protestors demonstrating outside Taoiseach Simon Harris’s home in Wicklow and other attacks on politicians. However, it is not clear how far-reaching the law will…
The international organisation We are Church (WAC) released an open letter to Pope Francis, requesting full equality of women, including ordination, to be included in the October 2024 Synod. “You have rightly called the Church to walk together in communion, participation and mission”, the letter reads. WAC also said that women are being kept in…
