Young people from the Diocese of Derry are being given the opportunity to debate issues of concern to them with their bishops. A series of weekly debates have been organised by Derry Youth Community in the month of March, for youths aged 16 to 21 to discuss, question and debate with Bishop Donal McKeown on…

Church leaders have warned that a constitutional amendment to the meaning of marriage would have “profound implications” to the understanding of family and parenthood, and urged people to “reflect deeply” before casting their vote in the referendum in May. Speaking on behalf of the Irish bishops, Archbishop Eamon Martin insisted that because marriage is of…

RTĖ’s Miriam O’Callaghan has said the prayers of an order of contemplative nuns are behind her recent run of exclusive high profile interviews. Speaking to the Sunday Independent’s Life magazine, the TV and radio presenter said her interview with Leo Varadkar in January, when he publicly came out as gay, was the biggest interview of…

Fr Paddy Dunne PP in Kilmacrennan parish, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal with parishioners who sold shamrocks at weekend Masses to fundraise for the Parish Youth Pilgrimages.

Negotiations between Kylemore Abbey and a top Catholic University in the US to establish a third level educational facility at the Benedictine monastery are “close” to reaching an agreement. Kylemore Abbey Abbess Sr Maire Hickey, OSB, told The Irish Catholic she was “engaged in ongoing negotiations” with the University of Notre Dame du Lac, Indiana,…

This week’s issue looks at some of the key themes of the first two years of Pope Francis’ pontificate

A leading moral theologian has defended Bishop Kevin Doran’s remarks that the family is a “building block” of society. Dr Suzanne Mulligan, however, called on the bishop to clarify whether he was speaking in a personal capacity or on behalf of the Church regarding some of his more “unhelpful” statements. The lecturer in Moral Theology…