Cork bishop ‘grateful’ for UCC students’ safety Bishop of Cork and Ross, Dr John Buckley, said that he was “grateful” that three students from University College Cork have survived a bus crash in Spain which killed 13 people. The weekend saw a number of tragic road deaths, including a family of five in Donegal, an accident in Mallow which killed one…
A former government minister has criticised the State after the Diocese of Elphin confirmed it was forced to pull out of a local family life centre to guarantee future funding. Dr Martin Mansergh, who also served as special adviser to successive Taoisigh said it “is sad when the State withdraws financial support for work that…
A Belfast woman who raised concerns about the suspected British army killing of her father with Pope Francis, said he responded to her more quickly than PSNI officers investigating the case. Patricia McVeigh believes her father Patrick McVeigh was shot dead by members of the British army’s Military Reaction Force (MRF) in May 1972. She…
Singer Nicole Scherzinger has revealed she regularly prays before making important decisions in her life. The former X-Factor judge told the Daily Record that she was a “very spiritual girl” and “grew up in a religious family”. Scherzinger, who is a Catholic, has previously spoken about how faith helped her overcome her battle with bulimia.…
The National Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration is launching a ‘National Crusade of Prayer’ which will see 50,000 adults and 500 children nationally praying each week in front of the Blessed Sacrament. The initiative will be launched by Bishop Kevin Doran at a Year of Mercy pilgrimage to Knock Shrine next month, at which parishes across…
Dr Martin Mansergh has insisted that the Fine Gael and Labour coalition “alienated” religious voters during their time in Government. Writing in The Irish Catholic this week, Dr Mansergh said that politicians and speech writers “whose anti-clerical invective may have won applause in the national media” now “need to reflect on where public attitudes really…
An iconic image of Our Lady begins a nationwide tour this week that will see stops in every diocese in Ireland. The ‘Pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help’, which was blessed yesterday by Pope Francis, was due to arrive in Dublin airport this morning (Thursday). The icon, newly written in Poland, is to…
“At times of immense darkness and pain, the mission of people of faith is to keep the rumour of God alive”, writes Editor Michael Kelly Late on Sunday evening – Palm Sunday – news of the almost unspeakable tragedy that occurred in Buncrana, Co. Donegal began to emerge. What started out as a Sunday outing…
Are you overweight? It may be a sobering thought, but in fact about 80% of Irish adults aged over 50 are overweight or obese according to the TILDA study of ageing. What’s even more alarming is that approximately 20% of Irish children and adolescents also fall into this category. Overall, the rate of obesity in…
This St Patrick’s Day is our first as emigrants. Since arriving in England last summer, we’ve gone through all the usual things that face families moving overseas: finding schools and a place to live, filling out myriad forms, importing our cars, getting set up in work, registering to pay tax and to vote. All the…
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Dr Martin Mansergh
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