Described as an eccentric opportunist, ‘Mr Charles, the Hungarian’ came to Dublin in March 1742 when he tried to steal a march on George Frideric Handel who had arrived in the city some months earlier. Taking up residence in Abbey Street, Handel remained in Dublin until the following August. During this time he finished his…
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem condemned the Israeli government and urged peace and dialogue between both sides after the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched air and ground attacks on the Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank. IDF soldiers conducted a 48 hour military campaign starting on July 3, which was meant to destroy…
One of the many concerning news items last week was the decision of the US government to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine. And this was after they had previously condemned Russia’s use of these weapons, banned in 123 countries (not including the USA or Russia), because of their indiscriminate nature and the dangers they pose…
Cardinal: Catholic universities must engage with AI Catholic universities must not recoil from the daunting risks of artificial intelligence but become proactively involved in its ethical development, said the head of the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Catholic universities are obligated “to a delicate exercise of responsibility” in the “new historical era” represented by AI,…
EXCLUSIVE A former drug addict-turned-counsellor, who was chosen to share with Pope Francis the devastating effects of addiction on his life, has warned that Church leaders are wrong to back the decriminalisation of drugs. The bishops’ support for decriminalising a person found to possess illegal drugs for personal use has been criticised as “minimising drug…
Multiple attempts by this paper to get a response from SDLP MP Claire Hanna to the question of whether or not she accepts the right of St Mary’s University College to continue to be an autonomous Catholic university have gone unanswered after she appeared to support the “cancelling” of the institution. Despite multiple attempts to…
Staff morale is at an “all time low” as Mary Immaculate College (MIC) announced it has cancelled the third round of interviews for the Head of Theology role. Interviews for the third round of the recruitment process were to take place on Thursday, July 6. Last week, MIC announced that the interviews were cancelled, this…
The Pope’s direction to the newly-appointed head of the Vatican department which deals with discipline and defending the Faith to commit “more directly” to areas other than dealing with child abuse has been described as “very concerning”. Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata, Argentina, head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of…
The revelation that children in State care are being targeted by sexual predators due to a lack of national policy and training on exploitation “wasn’t a surprise,” according to an organisation tackling child trafficking in Ireland. The Protecting Against Predators study interviewed 21 staff from 14 agencies working with vulnerable children and found that trafficking…
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment’s free speech clause protects a Colorado web designer who feared she would be prosecuted under state anti-discrimination law for her faith-based objections to designing websites that promote same-sex marriage or same-sex weddings. Lorie Smith, owner of the graphic and web design studio 303 Creative LLC,…
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