Lay-led services are going to be the future of the Church in Ireland given “declining numbers of clergy” across the island, an Irish priest has said. Speaking in relation to the controversy surrounding the Eucharistic service led by Minister Josepha Madigan at Dublin’s Mount Merrion, Limerick priest Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon said “it is encouraging that…
The View Although the battle to save the Eighth Amendment was lost, there is still work to do which could result in the saving of many babies’ lives. As I write this article, the draft legislation which will decriminalise abortion in some circumstances has not yet been published. When it is published, there will have…
Buildings where Pope Francis lived when studying English in Ireland are being cleared of tenants while the Jesuits consider the possible sale of the site, The Irish Catholic understands. Worldpriest, the Le Chéile Schools Trust and the Irish Homeopathic Institute are just some of the groups who have had to vacate the complex at Milltown…
An inauthentic Church peddles ‘cheap grace’, writes David Quinn In any given society and cultural moment, Christianity faces certain temptations. In part of Eastern Europe, for example, Christianity is coming to be identified again with national identity. This happened in the run-up to World War I and World War II, with disastrous consequences. In…
Matthew Carlson Listening is the most important thing parishes can do to help bridge gaps between gay people and the Church, a prominent speaker at the upcoming World Meeting of Families has said. “The most important thing that parishes, priests and ordinary parishioners can do for LGBT people is clear: Listen to them,” Fr James…
The Archbishop of Adelaide was sentenced to a 12-month sentence on Tuesday after being convicted in May of failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse disclosed to him in the 1970s. Archbishop Philip Wilson is likely to serve his sentence under house arrest, and be fitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet, according to media…
Music is something that can involve us all at Church services, writes Matthew Carlson Not everyone is called to lead worship at their local church, and unfortunately not all of us are blessed with great musical talent, but the Irish Church Music Association helps make sure that we all can enjoy music during worship.…
Chai Brady and Matthew Carlson Church-goers are “upset and angry” after it was revealed a group of people are ordering tickets for the Pope’s Mass only to destroy them, according to a parish priest. The ‘Say Nope to The Pope’ group has attracted the interest of 5,000 people on Facebook, with many people posting that they are ordering…
Religious liberty advocates were pleased with the US Supreme Court’s order to send Arlene’s Flowers vs State of Washington and Arlene’s Flowers vs Ingersoll back to the lower court for review. Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington, declined a customer’s request to make custom floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding. She…
Is a Vatican commission set to oblige Pope Francis to restore the female diaconate, asks Greg Daly It seemed somehow appropriate that hardly had Minister Josepha Madigan sought to frame her impromptu leading of an ad hoc Communion service as a story about women being denied a role in the Church’s ministry that the…
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