Despite an agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar it could be years before Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps can return home, the secretary-general of the world’s largest Catholic charity has warned. Michael Roy of Caritas Internationalis said that it’s likely the Rohingya minority who fled Myanmar after a military crackdown will have…
US clergy have urged community members to come together “to support one another in this time of grief” after a mass shooting on St Valentine’s Day at a Broward County high school that left at least 17 people dead. “With God’s help, we can remain strong and resolute to resist evil in all its manifestations,”…
As the days draw closer to a referendum on the Eighth Amendment, The Iona Institute launches their billboard campaign.
Donal Harrington joins John Quinn for the very first episode of The Irish Catholic Podcast. This new podcast series looks at practical ways of revitalising Catholic parishes in Ireland today. Donal and John discuss what exactly makes a parish welcoming and hospitable; how parishes can engage with young families; and how Parish Pastoral Councils can…
Jacob Zuma’s resignation as president of South Africa is long overdue, the country’s bishops have said, noting that his scandal-plagued presidency fostered corruption and dereliction of duty at all levels of government. “The fact that Mr. Zuma has been allowed to hold on to the highest position in the land despite long-standing and overwhelming evidence…
There is a huge discrepancy in marriage rates between social classes in the North, a new report has revealed. ‘Mind the Gap: Marriage and Family by Social Class in Northern Ireland’, published by the Iona Institute, shows that for many of the more socially disadvantaged in Northern Ireland the dream of walking down the aisle…
Pope Francis often meets on Fridays with survivors of sex abuse, he has said. Speaking to a group of Jesuits in Lima during his visit to Peru last month he revealed that these meetings, which he said do not always become public knowledge, make it clear that the survivors’ process of recovery “is very hard”.…
The Church must do everything possible to support women facing crisis pregnancies, the new Bishop of Galway has said. Dr Brendan Kelly told The Irish Catholic that Church and society need to “support them in every way that we possibly can if there’s a child on the way” pointing out that people must be unafraid…
Young couples hoping to tie the knot may get some reprieve from wedding costs as parish halls are encouraged to open for evening receptions. It comes as new research suggests that some couples are just too poor to get married. Bishop Denis Nulty – head of the Church’s marriage agency Accord – told The Irish…
The Irish doctor on the Lourdes International Medical Committee has said it was “truly amazing” to be present when the shrine’s 70th formally-recognised miraculous cure was announced. Sr Bernadette Moriau of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus began suffering from sciatic nerve pain in 1966 at the age of 27, and over…
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