Have you ever had an experience of being gaslit? Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse where a person (or institution) causes someone to question their sanity, memories, or perception of reality. People who experience gaslighting may feel confused, anxious, or unable to trust themselves. Over the past couple of years, I have become increasingly…
Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, say that they feel “crushed” by soaring unemployment caused by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the disappearance of pilgrims. Speaking to The Irish Catholic they also expressed fears for their continued presence as custodians of the holy places saying many Christian families are planning to leave the…
Nobody is making moral appeals to Hamas in Gaza, because it is “incapable of moral responsibility, being a terrorist organisation that would prefer every Gazan die provided every Israeli died too”, according to an Irish Jesuit theologian based in the US. Fr Séamus Murphy SJ, an expert in ‘just war’ doctrine and Associate Professor of…
The Irish Synodal Pathway needs to be “much longer” than the five years initially proposed, the synod’s steering committee has told the Irish bishops conference. The Irish synod, launched in March 2021, was slated to end in 2026 with a national gathering, after five years of consultation and prayer. However, shortly after the Irish bishops…
An engagement between an expert invited to the Oireachtas to discuss euthanasia and a senator has been sharply criticised following a video clip of the exchange reaching millions of people online, with concern expressed about the integrity of the process. The exchange saw internationally renowned law boffin Prof. Dr William Binchy being described as a…
Lecturers and staff at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) are “frustrated” over a continued “vacuum” of information regarding a proposed structural alignment with University of Limerick (UL), The Irish Catholic can reveal. Correspondence sent to staff following union engagement with MIC President Prof. Eugene Wall and seen by this paper reiterated the union’s view that it…
The ‘gender pay gap’ – differences in earnings between men and women – must now be monitored by the authorities following the Gender Pay Gap Information Act of 2021. Irish companies with more than 250 employees must report on the differences between male and female average pay. Subsequently, smaller companies, first with 150 employees, and…
With little else in the news aside from wars and rumours of wars (Matthew 24:6), along with murder trials and extreme weather events, I freely admit to seeking escapism when I went with my husband, youngest son and his friend, Jacob, to see The Miracle Club, directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan. The fact that The Miracle…
Bishop Alan McGuckian has called for the release of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, who has been imprisoned for nearly three years. The bishop of Raphoe, along with nine other bishops from eight countries, signed a petition calling on the “government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to immediately and unconditionally release…
From Islam to atheism to Christianity, David Quinn tells the story of a modern convert Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia in 1969 and was raised in an extremely strict Muslim environment. Aged five, she underwent female circumcision, otherwise known as female genital mutilation. This is not a requirement of Islam but is tolerated…
Michael Kelly
Chai Brady
Ruadhán Jones
Mary Kenny
Breda O'Brien
David Quinn