Pope Francis has been urged to use his visit to Ireland next month to highlight Government inaction on climate change as targets continue to be missed despite political promises. Éamonn Meehan, executive director of Trócaire, said that the Pope’s leadership on a vital issue like climate change that imperils the future of the planet “will…
Matthew Carlson All events in the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) are booked out, with all 500,000 tickets for the closing Mass being reserved by Sunday, July 8, according to WMOF organisers. The Mass, which will be celebrated by Pope Francis, will take place in Dublin’s Phoenix Park at 3pm on Sunday, August 26. Within…
Pro-life taxpayers will have to foot the bill for abortions under new proposals approved by the Government this week, despite having a conscientious objection to the killing of unborn children. Minister for Health Simon Harris secured Cabinet approval on Tuesday. He also announced controversial plans to create so-called ‘safe access zones’ around clinics providing abortion…
A number of parishioners and a priest have been left ‘upset’ and ‘traumatised’ after being subjected to an onslaught of sectarian abuse outside a Catholic church in Scotland. Parish priest Canon Tom White was allegedly spat on twice and called “Fenian scum” as well as a “paedophile” by supporters of the Orange Order outside Glasgow’s…
Has the time come to abolish the concept of a written Constitution? As clause by clause is unpicked from our present Constitution – first composed in 1937, and with added amendments since – a self-evident truth emerges: what is accepted as a general good in one generation will often be dismissed as an outdated irrelevance…
The View The appointment of Paolo Ruffini as head of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications should be an occasion for rejoicing, as the respected 62-year-old journalist is the first layperson to be appointed as prefect of a Vatican department. The historic nature of the appointment may be overshadowed because the post has not gone…
The new Stations of the Cross which were recently installed at Knock Basilica provide pilgrims with an opportunity to follow Christ on his way to Calvary, Tuam’s Archbishop has said. On Sunday, July 8, Archbishop Michael Neary blessed the new Stations, which were the final touch to the church interior. The work was undertaken by…
A prominent left-wing TD was left red-faced after questions on Government expenditure and staff deployment around August’s papal trip showed the Department of the Taoiseach is not being unduly stretched by plans for Pope Francis’s visit. In a series of written questions, Solidarity Dublin West TD Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach how many staff in…
The Church needs to “go back to basics” if it wants to continue the work of Christ in a “more secular society” and “different place” today, Waterford and Lismore’s bishop has said. Writing in the Irish Examiner, Dr Alphonsus Cullinan said: “With the emergence of a more secular society and the decline in the Church’s…
It could take years before we know if the papal trip has been a success, writes David Quinn And so, all 500,000 tickets available for the Pope’s Mass in Phoenix Park next month have been taken up. That is an impressive number by any reckoning, and especially in today’s very secular climate. An additional…
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