Month: June 2014

A new partnership between teacher training colleges and Dublin City University (DCU) has been described as a “ground-breaking” approach to religious education which will bring together Catholic trainee teachers with those from other Christian traditions. The new Institute of Education will be created by the coming together of Dublin City University, St Patrick’s College Drumcondra,…

Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read your headline ‘Majority of priests ‘dissatisfied’ with new missal’ (Ic 12/6/14) but not surprised that it was generated by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) and based on a very small telephone poll of just 191 priests. I find it very poor indeed to complain about the new…

Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church, Pope Francis said. At his weekly general audience June 25, Pope Francis continued his series of audience talks about the church, telling an estimated 33,000 people that there is no such thing as "do-it-yourself" Christians or "free agents" when it comes…