There have been calls for a change to “oppressive” equality legislation in Northern Ireland in the wake of the failed Ashers Bakery appeal. Following a decision by the Appeals Court in Belfast to uphold a discrimination finding against the McArthur family in refusing to decorate a cake in support of same-sex marriage, the Christian Institute,…

Kilmainham Gaol is a “sacred space”, Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said, declaring the prison sanctified by the men and women who were executed there after the 1916 Rising. Speaking at a Mass in the prison chapel, Dr Martin said rather than being formally consecrated as a sacred space, the prison was sacred “because of…

Digital technology has caught up with a decades-long Bible project to make a hardcopy version of the work downloadable to mobile phones. According to researchers at the University of Navarra in Spain, a version of the Bible in Spanish, complete with commentary and explanations has taken 30 years to complete in the traditional bound volume…

A new book on the legacy of Irish missionaries has been launched in time for Mission Month.  The Legacy of Irish Missionaries Lives On contains numerous views and perspectives by leaders of Church and state, academics, historians, diplomats, media personnel, and international development specialists who have experienced the work of Irish missionaries, while also recording…