Month: September 2014
Making the Church fit for mission
The work of the Irish bishops’ conference is in need of some reform, writes Michael Kelly
Church is prepared to mount constitutional challenge if stripped of ethos rights
Section 37 permits faith-based organisations to employ only those who will uphold their religious ethos.
NET Ministries Ireland’s commissioning Mass
35,000 sign petition for change of law to close NI abortion clinics
Sinn Féin blocked the last attempt to introduce a pro-life amendment to stop private abortion clinics.
A minister at the coal face of peace
Rev. Gary Mason speaks to Martin O’Brien about his unique approach to peace building
Devine intervention
Mags Gargan meets an Irish missionary at the forefront of peace work in Kenya
Kerry footballer put through his paces
Cuban cardinal tells Canadians to start small, ‘we may not get tired’
“We have to start, knowing someone is going up a ladder”: Cardinal Ortega
Dominicans quit parishes because of falling numbers
The restructuring plan was decided at a meeting at Dominican headquarters in Dublin in mid-September, and was announced at Masses last weekend.

Cathal Barry
Michael Kelly
Mags Gargan
Martin O'Brien