‘They’ve cared for us, now it’s our turn’ – Mickey Harte Prominent GAA figures have made calls to help older priests and religious who may be isolated and in need of spiritual and practical assistance after all those over 70 were ordered to be ‘cocooned’ in a bid to save them from coronavirus. Dublin…
Since being posted three weeks ago, the poem Lockdown by Bro. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap has received 45,000 shares on Facebook and 500,000 on Twitter. Bro. Richard, the Vocation Director at the Capuchin Friary in Raheny, said people of all religions have been getting in touch with him and he is inundated with emails about…
What does it mean to be pro-life? To me it means defending human life from conception until the natural end of life; not deliberating taking human life, unless in extreme cases of self-defence. If a mad axeman is coming towards you with homicidal intent, you would be reasonably entitled to defend yourself, and those around…
The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has said although Holy Week and Easter will no doubt be different this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it can still be marked at home in a “profound” way. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Bishop Denis Nulty said: “We all realise and accept that Holy Week and Easter…
The View Pope Francis’ recent Urbi et Orbi address was the most poignant moment of his pontificate. There was something profoundly moving about the emptiness of St Peter’s Square. Next to a crucifix that witnessed the defeat of a plague in Rome in 1522, Christ’s Vicar stood alone in the rain and, in the…
Pro-life groups have welcomed the BBC’s decision to uphold a complaint against itself in relation to coverage of abortion. A viewer made the complaint after the BBC failed to provide both sides of a debate when reporting on the House of Commons vote to impose abortion in the North. Bernadette Smyth of Precious Life welcomed…
A new form of racism exists in contemporary society which deems all religious beliefs, teachings and practices as “nonsensical”, according to a university chaplain. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fr Alan Hilliard, chaplain of TU Dublin Bolton Street Campus, says a new era of people being condemned for their faith is emerging. “Today we are…
In a strange way, this crisis could act as a moment of grace as well as of suffering, writes David Quinn With public Masses suspended, we find ourselves in unprecedented times. How many previously regular Massgoers will revert to their pre-crisis levels of attendance? That’s only one of the questions to be considered in…
A cardinal in Sri Lanka says he will make a vow to Our Lady this week to save his country from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has promised the Faithful that he will hold televised prayers and make a special plea to Our Lady of Lanka at the National Basilica…
In the streets and towns of Ireland, these days have taken on a real Lenten feeling of desolation, writes Fr Jeremy Corley One cold morning a few weeks ago, just before receiving the ashes on my forehead, I heard the traditional Ash Wednesday reading from the prophet Joel: “Proclaim a solemn assembly. Call the…
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