A new documentary about Mother Teresa of Kolkata intends to share the saint and her work with a wider audience than ever before. Produced by the Knights of Columbus and directed by Emmy-award winning filmmaker David Naglieri, Mother Teresa: No Greater Love will display the mission St Teresa carried out throughout her life, and its…
Staff reporter The Mayor of Cork Cllr Deirdre Forde has launched a Solidarity Garden dedicated for use by migrant families on the grounds of Ardfoyle Convent, Cork. The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles offered a plot of land which is now used by seven migrant families in Direct Provision to grow food crops from…
An Aontú councillor has spoken out after suffering a “vicious” and “unprovoked” attack, which he claims was based on his pro-life stance. Councillor Emmet Doyle, member of Derry City & Strabane District Council, said that after entering a food establishment alone in the early hours of Friday morning, a group of people “deeply opposed to…
It’s cheering to see that Garth Brooks has, once again, had such a popular and rapturous reception in Ireland. Country and western music is a meaningful genre of ballad, lyric and narrative, reaching into human experience just as deeply as great opera. Its roots, moreover, are Irish, or at least partly Irish, the hillbilly notes…
The View I have been thinking more and more about what it means to be defiant in the face of what can seem like an overwhelmingly anti-life culture. I don’t use that phrase ‘anti-life’ casually, either. It is a theme touched on by Pope Francis and others who have reflected on the dubious default of the modern…
Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral Mass of three siblings killed in Tallaght, September 9. The Mass for eight-year-old twins Christy and Chelsea Cawley and their older sister Lisa Cash (18) was celebrated by Fr Paul O’Driscoll, chaplain to the Parish of the Travelling People. Fr O’Driscoll paid tribute to the siblings’ 14-year-old brother,…
Popular images of the practicing Catholic ought not to be mistaken as essential elements of the Faith, writes Jason Osborne For the younger generations of Catholics, the internet is now an inextricable part of their experience of the world. I believe I grew up in the last years that weren’t entirely permeated by the internet,…
Parishes worry heating costs mean they won’t be able to keep the doors open, writes Chai Brady Priests across Ireland are considering a range of cost saving measures as the country enters a tough winter with energy providers ramping up prices due to the Europe-wide energy crisis. There are also fears that churches may have…
Marriage is still seen as important to long-lasting relationships by the majority of Irish couples, a survey commissioned by Accord Catholic Marriage Care Service has shown. Some 56% of the 700 people surveyed said marriage is still important to the longevity of relationships, with men (62%) and people aged 55+ (66%) most likely to believe…
Many feminists also reject this worldview and see it as a threat, writes David Quinn Teacher Enoch Burke is in prison at the time of writing for contempt of court. Mr Burke is an evangelical Christian who refused to use the new gender pronoun and name of a pupil in his school in Co. Westmeath,…
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