Cathal BarryChurch focusing on importance of the family-founded on the marriage of a man and woman.
Referendum poses threat to meaning of marriage – bishop
Month: December 2014
The Simpsons’ ‘serious’ treatment of religion praised
Courtney McGrailPopular adult cartoon series praised by Vatican newspaper
Restored cathedral ‘symbol for a renewed Church’ – bishop
Michael KellySt Mel’s rises from ashes after inferno
If planning objections continue, more people will die – Bro. Crowley
Campaigns launched to raise funds for homeless people
Pro-life campaigner appeals conviction
Mags GarganThe head of the leading pro-life campaign group in the North is appealing her conviction for harassment. Bernadette Smyth, the founder of Precious Life, was found guilty last month of harassing Dawn Purvis, director of the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast. She has now been sentenced to community service, ordered to pay £2,000 compensation and…
God is on our side
The call of Christmas is a challenge for us to do what we can to make the world a better place, writes Michael Kelly
Passionists welcome new deacon
Rev. Frank Trias CP at his ordination to the diaconate with Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in the Church of St Paul of the Cross, Mount Argus, Dublin.
Campaigner Marie Collins ‘honoured’ to be named ‘Catholic of the Year’
Abuse survivor lauded for “outstanding” leadership
Poor Clares celebrate 100 years in Cork
The Poor Clare community in Cork are celebrating the centenary of their arrival in the city, thanks to a local businessman who funded the construction of their monastery. The Poor Clares moved into their monastery on College Road on Christmas Eve 1914. The building was funded by Walter Dwyer, whose daughter Mary (Sr Maria) was…
A child is born
Baby Jesus melts the heart of "Big Bad Ben of Bethlehem" and helps him become "Nice, Kind, Brilliant Ben of Bethlehem" in the Senior Infant Nativity Play in Guardian Angels School, Blackrock, Dublin. Photo: Anne Collins