Seven years after From Fire, by Water first appeared, Mr Ahmari is not especially interested in retelling his conversion story. The memoir, which traces his journey from post-revolutionary Iran through atheism and into the Catholic Church, is now being released in a UK edition with a new preface. But speaking to The Irish Catholic, Mr…
Let 2026 be the year we reject the quiet excuses that hold us back – “it’s too difficult,” “someone else will do it,” “my effort won’t matter.” These thoughts do not move us forward; they keep us where we are. Real change begins when we refuse to accept inertia as inevitable and instead choose to…
Whenever I talk about the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church or even mention that it’s an Eastern Catholic Church, there is always a follow-up question. Many often know that Apostle St Thomas had established a church and community back in 52 AD, hence the name St Thomas Christians. Little do people know, there was a huge revolution…
I said to her, what’s the problem? You don’t want to have a caesarean section. And she said, ‘Why are you so bent on the caesarean section? You haven’t even checked to see whether I can have a baby.’” The woman had already undergone two previous caesarean sections. Medically, a third was necessary. Attempting a…
Ireland is famously a friendly country, and most visitors still seem to find a welcoming and sociable attitude to life here. So it seems a puzzle as to why there are so many studies and reports about the ‘epidemic’ of loneliness in this country. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre claims that 20% of Irish…
“There isn’t a date fixed because there’s still some reflection going on… but certainly it’ll be short term rather than long term,” a senior diocesan official has said of plans to introduce new pastoral areas in the Diocese of Cloyne. Canon James Moore told The Irish Catholic that the proposals are still being refined ahead…
The last few years have seen members of An Garda Síochána participate in Pride events with garda cars in Pride livery, but how appropriate is this? Many other causes and businesses take part also from AIB to Dublin City Council, but a police force is surely in a different category. Last year, it was found…
Memories of being stopped at loyalist blockades haunted my mind as I watched scenes of fuel protests across Ireland. I remember quite well being stopped at Belfast’s Ormeau Bridge, which was blocked off by loyalist women and wee children, standing defiantly. I beckoned the police officer who was standing on the bridge, redirecting traffic. I…
Sunday May 3, 2026 marks the 35th Birthday Remembrance of the newly Canonised St Carlo Acutis. To mark this special occasion, the first Birthday Remembrance since Carlo was Canonised last September, Mass will be offered on Sunday May 3, 2026 at 12pm in Holy Family Church, Ardfinnan, Co Tipperary – the home of the First…
Last year, I wondered on social media whether Donald Trump was the most pagan president the United States has ever had. I can’t remember exactly what had prompted this, but I remember having the same thought when he said at a remembrance service for the murdered conservative commentator, Charlie Kirk, that, unlike Kirk’s wife, he…
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