The McArthur family, owners of Ashers Bakery in Norther Ireland is considering further legal steps in its case against a discrimination finding in the so-called ‘gay cake row’. Lawyers for the family have reportedly written to the Court of Appeal in Belfast for clarification on a path towards an appeal against the earlier ruling to…

A campaigning Northern Ireland priest, most recently known for his public arguments against a hard border in the wake of Britain’s ‘Brexit’ vote, has suffered a serious vandal attack on his home in Co. Fermanagh. The parochial house of Fr Joe McVeigh in Lisbellaw, in the parish of Enniskillen, was targeted on November 13 in…

Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has been named an honorary fellow of Griffith College because of his “outstanding contribution, at home and abroad, to Ireland’s moral ethos”. The honour is given each year to men and women who are viewed as role models for Irish youth. Accepting the honour, Dr Martin praised the values of ordinary…

The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have criticised a plan to rebury former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the nation’s Heroes’ Cemetery. Responding to a Supreme Court ruling paving the way for the move, the bishops issued a letter in which they stated the inclusion in the cemetery of a dictator who had brought such pain…

The Catholic bishops of the United States have called for calm amid ongoing, sometimes violent, protests against the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential race. With no sign of a halt to mass demonstrations in cities across the country, bishops have begun to issue individual messages appealing for citizens to pull back from…

Staff Reporter Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has challenged the faithful to “find a language” in their faith towards engaging with the pluralist world and contributing Christian values to it. Delivering a sermon at an ecumenical evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dr Martin considered the question of “how faith [can] contribute to the process of…

The Pro Life Campaign has called for Government plans for the regulation of independent crisis pregnancy support agencies to be consistently applied. Health Minister Simon Harris has backed a draft law issued by Labour leader Brendan Howlin intended to prevent pregnancy advisers from giving false information to distressed women. If passed, this would be the…