EXCLUSIVE Chai Brady, Jason Osborne and Ruadhán Jones Three times as many priests have died in Ireland at the height of the coronavirus pandemic compared to the same period over the last three years, The Irish Catholic can reveal. The figures were most stark when comparing April to previous years, with 36 deaths this year…
Longford-based dairy farmer Mike Magan [pictured] has made an appeal to his fellow farmers to get a “plane load of whole milk powder” for those suffering in Yemen. While watching an RTÉ feature on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Yemen, Mr Magan was struck by the image of a father feeding his starving child with…
Two well-known religious centres in Dublin, the Emmaus Centre in Swords and St Peregrine’s oratory in Rathfarnham shopping centre, have been “forced to close” due to the effects of lockdown. The Emmaus Centre, run by the Christian Brothers, provided facilities for human, spiritual and religious development for over 40 years to school children, religious and…
A priest famous for his humanitarian work, particularly with victims of childhood sexual abuse, Fr Shay Cullen of the Preda Foundation has criticised one of Netflix’s latest offering Cuties, describing it as “playing into the whole paedophilia-sex industry”. The film follows a group of 11-year-old girls as they take to ‘twerking’ – a dance form…
An Irish missionary prelate has taken over the administration of a South African diocese after an apostolic visitation, meaning the current bishop will just be the diocese’s “spiritual head”. Archbishop Liam Slattery OFM, the retired bishop of Pretoria archdiocese who has spent almost half a century ministering in South Africa, was appointed apostolic administrator of…
We all grow a little more forgetful with the passing of the years, and it is well-established that the ageing brain experiences some cognitive deterioration. But there are ways to mitigate this process, namely: activity, nutrition, and social and intellectual stimulation. And, I regret to say that over the past six months of the Covid…
More than €65,000 has been donated by Irish members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (OHS) to Christians in the Holy Land. The livelihoods of Holy Land Christians have been devasted by Covid-19, leaving them heavily reliant on charitable aid, according to the OHS, an order dedicated to the Holy Land. Following an appeal…
The View As I write this we are facing into what looks like a fairly bleak autumn and limited Christmas celebrations. Governments are struggling to reconcile the duty to deliver services to save lives and protect health with the needs to protect the economy, for without the healthiest possible economy there will be major problems.…
Meath TD Peadar Tóibín has called on the Government to condemn the “barbaric measures” the Chinese government are using against the Uighur Muslim population in China. In a letter sent to prominent Government figures, the Aontú leader referred to the ‘demographic genocide’ being carried out on China’s Uighur population, spoken of by international experts. He…
Figures from the Department of Health show that while there were 7,536 initial consultations for aborting a pregnancy, 6,666 abortions actually took place. The Department released the figures following a recent parliamentary question from TD Carol Nolan. Ms Nolan said that the figures show that many women have not “bought into” the efforts to normalise…
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