Runner Ciara Mageean secured herself a silver medal after a speedy 1500m battle at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Ms Mageean, 30, from Portaferry, Co. Down clocked a time of 4:04.14 at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. She was second only to Scottish favourite Laura Muir, who scooped gold with a time of 4:02.75. Speaking…
The Pope’s message calling for young people to eat less meat has proved divisive according to a social media poll taken by more than 350 people. The poll, conducted by The Irish Catholic, asked “Pope Francis has urged young people to eat less meat as a way to help save the environment. Do you agree?”…
An Irish priest is being consulted on a new film about famous Italian exorcist Fr Gabriel Amorth to ensure the depiction is accurate, The Irish Catholic understands. Part of the The Pope’s Exorcist is set in Ireland. The psychological thriller stars Russell Crowe as Fr Amorth, who it is estimated performed about 100,000 exorcisms. The…
Shannon Campbell The View People think that when a university breaks for summer, work stops and staff enjoy an (excessively) long holiday. Perhaps for some, but the vast majority of academics and support staff are on campus, reviewing the year that has past, and preparing for a new intake of students in autumn. The same…
Pop music and Grease star Olivia Newton-John made a pact with God to save her daughter Chloe’s life while she was pregnant, she said in a final interview before she died. Ms Newton-John, who died peacefully aged 73 on Monday, revealed in an interview with A Life of Greatness that she was “close to losing”…
I attended a funeral last week, which is not, in itself, an unusual event among my demographic. But this funeral was an illumination, for me, of the redemptive powers that are in our midst. She remembered him being great fun, telling her bedtime stories, singing Irish ballads and Wagnerian opera” The deceased was Heather Iandolo, aged…
The biggest barriers to effective Relationship and Sexual Education (RSE) are teacher confidence and competence, not ethos, the NCCA have said. Dr Patrick Sullivan said the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment found “school ethos is not in fact the barrier that it is often perceived to be”, following a review on the delivery of…
Conservative Catholic communities offer tight-knit Catholic networks, writes Ruadhán Jones Raymond Friel, an English Catholic academic, caused a bit of a stir on Twitter recently when he questioned why young priests are drawn to what looks like a Church imagined from the 1950s “soutanes in the high street, etc.” It’s an interesting question, one which…
Staff reporter The new structure for the diocese of Cork and Ross, with priests appointed to ‘families of parishes’, have been announced. The diocese will have 16 families of parishes each ministered by a team of priests. In the first phase, which will take place September 10, 12 families of parishes will be established, Bishop…
A Nicaraguan human rights organisation released a video August 4 showing police in riot gear outside the diocesan offices of one the country’s bishops, preventing him from leaving to celebrate Mass at the cathedral. Because the incident took place on a Thursday and Catholics were likely expecting him to show up for exposition and adoration…
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