Two members of the Catholic Chaplaincy in Queen’s University Belfast have described the recent upward trend in the number of students registering to take part in Chaplaincy-related activities for the forthcoming year as being indicative of student’s natural “curiosity” to find something a little more “meaningful and lasting” in their young lives. The latest statistics…
Beginning his first few weeks as the first resident Vatican representative to South Sudan, Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan, from Co. Clare, attests that the Church in South Sudan is alive, and despite the enormous challenges faced by the world’s youngest nation, it tenaciously testifies to its unwavering faith and generosity. Speaking to Vatican News about…
New legislation to ‘protect’ women going through abortion will come into operation next month. This new law will prohibit protests within 100 metres from any establishment providing services such as family planning. The legislation called ‘Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024’ passed earlier this year and will be fully operating from…
Patrick Kielty has revealed he thought he had given Pope Francis shingles after meeting him at the Vatican over the summer. The Late Late Show host travelled to the Vatican in June and was among an audience of 100 international comedians and artists who met the Pope. The Co. Down man described meeting the Pontiff as “surreal”. “That was…
Chai Brady, Brandon Scott, Renata Milan Morales, Renata Steffens The number of men entering formal seminary studies for dioceses around the country has reached 16 this year, according to figures compiled by The Irish Catholic The number of priests entering seminary hit an all-time low in 2021 with just six men putting themselves forward but…
The Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults came in No. 5 in the bestselling non-fiction paperback list in the first week of September with the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore saying it is “a tremendous resource”. It was a strong week for religious books in the category with the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine…
Nearly 1,000 people filled the streets of Dublin on September 14 2024, following the Blessed Sacrament. The event, a highlight of the ‘Walk The Cross’ pilgrimage, saw pilgrims journey over 100 kilometres from Clonmacnoise to the capital, culminating in a procession that held powerful witness to Irish Catholicism. The pilgrimage commenced at the historic monastic…
The relic of the ‘Millennial Saint’, Blessed Carlo Acutis concluded its four-parish tour of Ireland on Tuesday, with hundreds of people, a considerable portion of them youth, flocking to churches in the Leinster region to catch a glimpse of the eternal teenager whose profound faith in the face of a terminal illness is inspiring young…
For the first time after over 1,300 years the relics of St Kilian, a missionary native from Mullagh, Co. Cavan are coming back home. The saint left Ireland with a few companions in the 7th century to spread Christianity through mainland Europe and never came back. The relics of St Kilian and his two companions,…
These days, Catholics are reduced to voting for the lesser of two evils in elections. It is the case in Ireland, for the most part, and certainly in the United States. Here in Ireland, there are small parties and individual candidates you can vote for with a clear conscience, but is there any plausible government…
Brandon Scott
Renata Steffens
Chai Brady
Renata Milán Morales
David Quinn