Pope Francis has shot down claims that he is planning giving women and laity a say in the vote to elect a pope. Speaking in his recently released biography Life, the Pope described as “fantasy” reports from “some American media outlets” that he intended to change the rules around the conclave to give nuns and…
One of the problems with ‘assisted dying’ – now under parliamentary discussion in both Ireland and Britain – is the very phrase itself. In truth, a proper opportunity for ‘assisted dying’ can be entirely Christian and supportive. I mean in the sense that a dying person should have someone with them, to calm and care,…
There is “concern” and “frustration” in the Dublin parish where a tent city of asylum seekers has cropped up due to lack of accommodation, according to the parish priest. Fr Enda Cunningham, Administrator of Westland Row parish, spoke to The Irish Catholic about the controversial settlement of people seeking international protection on Mount Street, outside…
Assisted suicide, and/or euthanasia, now accounts for one in 20 deaths in the Netherlands. This was just one of the many disturbing pieces of evidence presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on ‘Assisted Dying’. Today it’s expected the committee will make a recommendation to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia into Irish legislation. We are meant…
It’s amusing that Govt representatives campaigned for a ‘yes’ and voted ‘no’, but it is corrosive of politics, writes Michael Kelly You don’t hear much from former Labour leader Pat Rabbitte these days. He left active political life in 2016, with a pension pot of some €2 million. Mr Rabbitte – now aged…
Truth is no longer just the first casualty of war, it is the target, writes Martina Purdy Three little words, uttered by a politician, echo down the ages: “What is truth?” The question will be posed again at Good Friday services next week, the words of Pontius Pilate – a politician, who gets a…
Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown has criticised what he describes as the “modern secular and consumerist culture”, saying that it leaves “no place for a dissident voice” that doesn’t support it and that the political parties who adopt this ideology in the North “seem to assume that Catholic education has no place in a modern…
In his St Patrick’s Day message, Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin said the “legitimate anxieties” that exist in society in relation to the implications of immigration need to be recognised in order for the conversation to “move away from the extremes” and become a normal part of civil and political discourse in both the north…
We might have passed peak anti-Catholicism, writes David Quinn The bishops played little part in the recent referendums. That was probably wise. They did issue a statement in the closing stages which could be picked up at Masses (if the priest thought to mention it). The statement did not advise people how to vote,…
Pope’s call for courageous negotiations a red flag to critics, writes Dr Michael Sanfey Remarks by Pope Francis during a recent interview with Swiss TV have sparked outrage. As The Pillar reported, Francis was asked about global conflicts and his hopes for peace. The Pope responded “I believe that the stronger one is the one…
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