The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has described as “appalling” the naming in Irish newspapers last Monday of a priest who has stepped aside from ministry during a child safeguarding investigation. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week, Fr Sean McDonagh of the ACP condemned the naming of the priest and his parish despite no…

Parish hosts three day event

Fr Patrick Devine received the 2013 International Caring Award in Washington DC last week

A call to establish safeguarding children committees in every parish in the Diocese of Cloyne was endorsed by Bishop William Crean at the second biennial Safeguarding Children Conference last month. The conference heard that the work associated with fully implementing the comprehensive safeguarding children policies and procedures in the diocese has impacted significantly on the…

In a digital age where millions of people follow Pope Francis on Twitter, the Church may soon have the first ‘tech geek’ saint in a 15-year-old boy who died of Leukaemia. Carlo Acutis (pictured), who was fiercely passionate about computers and animals, died in Milan in 2006. However, friends say his first love was God…