The Irish Church faces “collapse” if the Faithful don’t do “something daring and immediate”, according to the former abbot of Glenstal in Limerick in his new book. In Crimson and Gold – Life as a Limerick, Dom Mark Patrick Hederman OSB says there is a “famine in the land”. “People all over this country, and,…
Bishop Noel Treanor of Down and Connor, who is vice-president of an EU bishops’ body, has defended the “fundamental right” to conscientious objection against abortion, as a draft EU resolution “questions the mere existence” of this right. The European Parliament Plenary (EPP) is to vote on a resolution to adopt a report on abortion that…
The news that one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies has taken a stand against internet pornography has been welcomed by Aontú’s Peadar Tóibín. US giant Comcast cut ties with MindGeek earlier this month, the parent company behind the world’s largest pornography website, Pornhub. Comcast announced that they have decided to drop all MindGeek content…
Mass card suppliers have seen a “huge increase” in demand for Mass cards since they moved online at the beginning of the pandemic. This increase has been accompanied by a rise in requests for memoriam cards in recent months, as the year’s anniversary of many of the pandemic’s initial deaths comes about. Speaking to The…
A fundraising campaign has begun for a new sensory and play garden for 32 children with severe intellectual disabilities, with the director of the charity behind the push saying it will “make a real difference”. Speaking about ‘Project Eden’, the director of Respect, Sr Zoe Killeen said: “We greatly appreciate any support that people can…
There are several Christian sects which do not subscribe to infant baptism, such as the Baptists, Anabaptists, Pentecostalists, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Plymouth Brethern. For people like the Anabaptists, baptism is valid only when the candidates confess their faith in Christ and request to be baptised. The Mormons also practice adult baptism. What characterises most of…
The View Hearing the news on Sunday morning June 6 that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds had been married privately in Westminster Cathedral, I wrongly assumed, for which apologies, that the RTÉ newsroom must have confused Westminster Cathedral with Westminster Abbey, which is Anglican. Given the strong stance of the…
The first conviction under current human trafficking legislation has been welcomed as “historic” by a charity that supports women affected by prostitution. Ruhama CEO, Barbara Condon said last week’s judgement in Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court is “undoubtedly historic and we greatly welcome the verdict”. She said the charity’s caseworkers had worked “tirelessly” with the women involved…
The Brussels-based commission representing the Catholic bishops of the European Union is backing tougher steps to combat hate crimes, but warned that current EU proposals could violate religious freedom and have a “chilling and self-censoring effect”. “Hate crimes are more and more common and are cause for increasing concern – a grave phenomenon to be…
Efforts to undermine the Mother and Baby Homes report does a disservice to survivors, writes Ruadhán Jones When one of the authors of the recent Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes – historian Prof. Mary Daly –was reported as saying that the commission had discounted hundreds of statements made…
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