Humans primarily responsible for climate change, draft warns

A leading Catholic theologian has said the result of the same-sex marriage referendum last month should be a “wake-up call” for the Church. Fr Vincent Twomey told The Irish Catholic that the Church “has to be ready now to become the only opposition to the dominant forces that are trying to shape society”. “This should…

Concerns have been raised at a lack of progress in talks to prevent violence during this year’s marching season in the North, as a senior Orange Order member warmed of “immense anger”. Fr Gary Donegan of Holy Cross church in Ardoyne, Belfast, told The Irish Catholic that while there has been “no direct contact with…

Fr Sean O’Donnell, a native of the parish of Iskaheen, pictured at his ordination in St Eugene's Cathedral with the current and retired bishops of Derry: Bishop emeritus Seamus Hegarty, Fr Sean O’Donnell, Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop emeritus Edward Daly and Bishop emeritus Francis Lagan. Photo: Stephen Latimer

Staff Reporter A retired couple who collected almost €3million after winning a share in the Lotto jackpot are planning on treating themselves to a trip to the final resting place of Saint Padre Pio. The married pair from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin scooped €2,905,586 in a recent National Lottery draw. The lucky husband said he and…

A group of lay Catholics seeking liberal reform in the Church in Ireland have called on the hierarchy to consider holding a national assembly. Members of the Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) made the proposal at a meeting with Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin recently. Whether Archbishop Martin supports such an assembly is unknown.…

The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said that it is unacceptable that the HSE might not investigate circumstances surrounding abortions in Irish hospitals. Responding to reports of how staff at a Leinster hospital were concerned that an abortion was granted to a woman who presented as pregnant and suicidal, despite her having no history of…

Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche of St. Paul and Minneapolis, just days after criminal and civil charges were filed against the archdiocese for alleged failure to protect three boys from sexual abuse by a former priest of the archdiocese. Curtis Wehmeyer, who was…

Church ‘key’ to tackling cyberbullying – Bishop