Waterford diocese has warned against people acting like vigilantes following anti-Roma protests in the city over the weekend. These led to people being evacuated from their homes and property being damaged. Large groups of people protested outside the homes of members of the Roma community in the city on both Saturday and Sunday. Protestors said…

More than 100 Muslim leaders – clerics and laypeople alike – have signed on to a letter criticising the Middle East Muslim military group ISIS. In the 17-page letter, the leaders quote extensively from the Quran, the Muslim scriptures, to rebuke ISIS' tactics and actions. Since the letter was issued, more than 125 Muslim leaders…

An Iraqi seminarian has proven his credentials after he heroically saved the Blessed Sacrament from a local Church before Islamic State militants ISIS descended on the village of Karamlesh. “Until the very last minute, the Pashmerga [the Kurdish armed forces protecting the villages] were telling us it was safe,” the 24-year-old seminarian, Martin Baani, told…

Charity witnesses great expression of people’s generosity

The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has accused pro-choice activists who brought abortion pills which are illegal in the Republic across the border from Belfast to Dublin this week, of caring more about abortion than women’s health. “This appears to be an initiative more concerned with garnering publicity for the pro-choice cause, rather than a genuine…

Failure to fill vacant chaplain posts in Irish hospitals could force chaplaincy training centres here to close