The acting president of the Christian Solidarity Party has said he is hopeful for a “renewal” of the party ahead of the next general election. Speaking to The Irish Catholic ahead of the party’s Ard Fheis this weekend, Cathal Ashbourne Loftus said “we hope to get renewal because we are tired and we haven’t achieved…

A Redemptorist missionary from Co. Kerry is the recipient of this year’s Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award. Fr Sean Myers – who was nominated by his home town of Fossa – works in Brazil in an isolated parish over half the size of the island of Ireland. The award is organised to raise awareness of…

Britain will soon debate assisted suicide, writes Paul Keenan

Diversifying patronage in the Irish education system could lead to segregation and exclusion, according to the chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection. Dublin Mid-West Labour TD Joanna Tuffy told The Irish Catholic that in her view, “increasing diversity is not a good approach as it doesn’t cater for villages, and…

On Saturday over 1,000 participants took part in the national dawn walk for cancer which involved a 10km journey over Mount Leinster, from The Nine Stones to the picturesque village of Myshall, Co. Carlow.Bishop Denis Nulty, broadcaster Olivia O’Learyand Donal Walsh’s mother Elma took part in the event which was organised by the Irish Cancer…

Thai women religious pray in front of the spot where a bomb was detonated a few days earlier on August 17 at the Bangkok’s Erawan shrine, killing 20 people. The Hindu shrine is also a place of devotion for Thai Buddhists. Photo: CNS

Eco-Congregation Ireland (ECI) is calling on parishes and faith communities throughout Ireland to observe Creation Time by holding climate justice services and events between September 1 and October 4. Creation Time, which is celebrated every year by churches throughout the world, is an opportunity for Christians to reflect on the mystery of Creation and the…

Family, friends and parishioners gathered at St Malachy’s Church, Kilclief in Co. Down to mark the first anniversary of Fr Colm McGrady, who died in August 2014 having served as parish priest in Strangford and Kilclief since 2008. Fr Brian Donnelly, a classmate of Fr Colm’s, was the celebrant at the Mass and was joined…