As parishes in the diocese of Ferns are to be served by teams of priests in the future, Bishop Ger Nash is mulling changes to how priests will be paid. Bishop Nash also proposed transitioning from priest to lay chairs on primary school boards in a statement following a diocesan gathering earlier this month. As…
It’s an old saying that ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity’ – and an entirely understandable one given our mutual history. Too often Britain ignored the woes of Ireland and their responsibilities towards those woes: Ireland often had to take whatever opportunities were available. But in these days, I rather wonder if the phrase should be…
Mission Sunday Supplement LOUISIANA “Our mission as Dominican women is to study, share, proclaim and witness to the liberating Word of God in order that right relationships be restored between God, People and the Earth where these are broken due to lack of knowledge and distortion of the truth” We presently serve in Ireland, South…
The Government’s announcement that a time-limited eviction ban, running from November until March, is the “least-worst option”, according to Threshold. The measure means tenants can’t be issued an eviction notice unless they do not pay rent or damage the property. The Chief Executive of the priest-founded housing charity John-Mark McCafferty warned they are seeing a…
The View It’s the media’s job to report bad news about the Church. For decades, they were too deferential. They should continue to highlight the truth about the Church, particularly the unpleasant truths. Yet it is not unreasonable to wish for some balance. It would be pleasant to occasionally see a good news story about people…
Seoul-based Fr Donal O’Keeffe has criticised the “very provocative” military behaviours of countries in East Asia, including the US, following an uptick in missile launches and artillery fire from North Korea into the demilitarised zone. Tensions are “flaring” again between North and South Korea, Fr O’Keeffe said, after North Korea recently fired a barrage of…
Mission Sunday Supplement We are the Irish Capuchin Franciscan Friars and mission is in our very DNA. Today we have Irish friars ministering in Zambia, South Africa, New Zealand, South Korea and California. We follow the rule and life laid down by St Francis of Assisi – to live and embody the Gospel message of…
Mission Sunday Supplement The Society of African Missions (SMA) is an international organisation with over seven hundred and sixty members, three hundred and twenty seminarians and has a presence in sixteen African countries. While the African membership of the SMA is increasing, in Europe and Ireland it is declining. Nevertheless, there are still Irish SMA…
A case on whether or not Catholics are entitled to have the record of their baptism destroyed has been adjourned until December. Dublin-based Martin Meany has launched High Court proceedings over what he claims is the Data Protection Commission’s failure to complete an investigation of a complaint he made over the Church’s refusal to destroy…
Moral choiches are not always as clear-cut as we might like them to be, writes David Quinn I remember it very well. I was in junior school at the time and our teacher, Mrs O’Leary, was very excited when she told us the news that victims of a plane crash in the Andes had been found…
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