US superstar Ashton Kutcher has been praised by pro-life groups after posting a Down syndrome advocate’s powerful testimony in front of Congress. The actor shared the video of Special Olympian Frank Stephen’s pro-life message with the message: “Everyone’s life is valuable.” Kutcher’s post comes amid a reignited debate partly led by New York’s recent passing of…
Tributes have been pouring in after a Laois-based priest died in a tragic accident involving his car, with Bishop Denis Nulty describing his death as “heart-wrenching” in his funeral homily over the weekend. Fr John Cummins (52) of Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, died after an incident at his home on the Ballinakill Road on January 30…
Letter from Rome Inés San Martín A Pope, a prince and an Imam walk side by side at an airport on the red carpet. It seems like the beginning of a bad bar joke, but instead, it was the start of a historic, first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula on February 3. It’s…
The View Martin Mansergh January brought Ireland into the second and more difficult phase of the decade of centenaries dominated by the birth pangs of a new State. Part of the price of this or any form of Irish self-government was partition. There are two modes of remembering. The ceremonial joint session of…
Two-parent families are under immense pressure to remain in the workforce, leaving them less opportunity to spend valuable time with their children, a leading theologian has said. Dr Tom Finnegan of St Patrick’s College, Thurles, told The Irish Catholic that the sheer expense of living is forcing parents into the workforce, meaning they can no…
Well-known actor Dean Cain, best known for playing the role of Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark, has said that the crimes of convicted abortionist Kermit Gosnell would be legal under new “healthcare” laws passed in New York. Discussing the Reproductive Health Act passed last month, the actor who also stars in and…
Bishop of Cloyne William Crean has announced a fresh round of clerical appointments as the vocations crisis continues to bite. Two priests of the diocese will retire later this month, Canon Jackie Corkery of Kanturk and Fr Michael Dorgan of Castlemagner. Bishop Crean has announced that Fr Tobias Bluitt, PP Doneraile is to take on…
Meeting with tens of thousands of Catholics living in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis urged them to be meek, peaceful and express their Christian identity by loving others. The UAE Catholic community, which numbers close to one million, includes foreign workers from roughly 100 nations, but particularly India and the Philippines. They filled the…
The Church in Ireland badly needs a public affairs office, writes David Quinn The Catholic Church in Ireland needs a full-time public affairs office. At the moment, the response of the Church to issues of the moment is far too hit-and-miss and there is an almost total lack of ‘joined up thinking’ and ‘joined…
Consecrated Life 2019 The variety of consecrated life in modern Ireland is dazzling “God has created me to do him some definite service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another,” Blessed John Henry Newman famously wrote, and for those dazzled or baffled by the variety of consecrated…
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