Irish charity Concern Worldwide have teamed up with nutrition company Kerry Group to support 46,000 Kenyan farmers by providing access to climate-smart agricultural practices. The four-year deal will help farmers to combat the “devastating impact” climate change is having on the Tana River region, Concern said in a statement. Many of the Tana River farmers…
Mission Sunday Supplement As a growing world church, we share responsibility for all those who so urgently need our help. We must not forget the needs of those whose stories do not reach our televisions or newspapers. For many people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the church is the first place they turn to…
Turner: The Sun is God, Exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, mounted in association with the Tate Gallery London; runs to 6 February 2023; Beit Wing, Rooms 6-10; tickets €5 (entry free on Wednesdays, 9.15-11.30 am) Curated by Niamh MacNally and David Blayney Brown Many years ago the English painter John Piper remarked that…
Recent cases have seen more questions asked about Belgium’s permissive euthanasia laws than ever before, writes Jason Osborne As the Irish bishops warn in their ‘Day for Life’ message that Ireland’s elderly feel “worried” when they hear talk of legislation for assisted suicide and euthanasia, Belgium is making its way through its 20th year since…
The Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations told a committee of the world body that “civilian populations continue to be victims of widespread and systematic attacks”. Where there is “credible evidence” of such attacks, “there must be accountability,” he said. “Crimes against humanity are among the most serious crimes under international law and their…
by Cindy Wooden The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening. The council reminded the Church of what is “essential,” the Pope said: “a Church madly in love with its Lord…
Noelle Fitzpatrick Mission Sunday Supplement ‘You Shall Be My Witnesses’ Today, the 10th October is the feast of St Daniel Comboni, an Italian missionary and one of the first to come to Sudan. He was the only surviving child of a family of 8. He endured the judgement of many for leaving his aging parents…
A New York judge opened the door to legal recognition of multi-partner relationships while ruling in a housing court case. In a ruling on a dispute over a rent-stabilised apartment, Judge Karen May Bacdayan of the Civil Court of the City of New York opined that the legal protection of same-sex relationships shouldn’t be limited…
Ireland’s Call: Navigating Brexit, by Stephen Collins (Red Stripe Press / Orpen Press, €19.99 / £19.99) This new book by the Irish Times political columnist is a splendid account of how Brexit was hatched and has become a matter of grave contention. One of the main sources for Stephen Collins’ book is the diary of…
States use financial muscle to dictate terms with Faith-based NGOs, Ruadhán Jones hears Appreciation for the contribution religious and faith-inspired providers make to social and health services has been replaced by ideology, TD Carol Nolan has said. The Independent TD criticised the “bullish” desire in Ireland to dispense faith-inspired service providers to give the State…
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