A case against pro-life campaigner Claire Brennan under Northern Ireland’s abortion safe access zone law has been dismissed, with Ms Brennan saying she is “ecstatic” that the case is over. Ms Brennan, who has been supported by Christian Concern, had been accused of breaching the law outside Causeway Hospital in Coleraine. The dismissal comes amid…
Mercy International Association (MIA) has appointed a new Chair of the MIA Board during a joint meeting between the MIA board and members, which recently took place in the Grand Hotel, Malahide. The new Chair is Sr Maria Lawton rsm, Congregation Bursar of the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, Australia. Speaking on her appointment, Sr…
When Elijah was born, he didn’t cry. His mother, Resty, was told he would be fine, but as the months passed, it became clear that something was wrong. Elijah struggled to eat, wasn’t meeting key milestones, and was eventually diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. For a family in Mukono District, Uganda the road ahead looked daunting.…
The process for the Modification of Parishes, when the need arises, is set out below. It is guided by the Instructions of the Dicastery for the Clergy. The process takes place within the context of the partnership of parishes established by Archbishop Farrell (December 2022) across the Archdiocese through the Building Hope pastoral renewal initiative.…
What does it mean to safeguard our humanity? That question is at the heart of Pope Leo XIV’s much anticipated first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, released May 25. The following are some key things to know about this weighty papal letter. Latin for “Magnificent Humanity,”…
In conversation with The Irish Catholic, CEO of the Mater Hospital Foundation Mary Moorhead shared what she hopes the legacy of the charity will be long after her time at the Foundation is over. Drawing on the history of the Mater Hospital, founded in 1861 by the Sisters of Mercy, Ms Moorhead said she hopes…
We live in troubled times, and in a time where everyone has a political opinion, sometimes strongly expressed. Sometimes a strong opinion is fitting. But do politics have to be everywhere? Getting a takeaway coffee at a small local café, I noticed they’d put up a new poster with the words “Free Palestine”. The poster…
Birke Herzbruch is Head of Portfolio for Fragile & Conflict Affected States for Trócaire and recently returned from Sudan As the world watches the continuing confrontation in Iran and the Middle East, countries already on the brink are being pushed deeper into crisis. In Sudan, where conflict, displacement and famine have devastated communities for more…
It is possible that your image of the Dublin Central constituency still goes back to the days of socialist TD, Tony Gregory, who used his political leverage with Charlie Haughey to extract public monies for a very working-class part of the city when money in general was scarce and unemployment was high. Back in those…
At Pentecost, Archbishop Dermot Farrell published a striking Pastoral Letter to all the people and priests of the Archdiocese of Dublin: ‘Come, Holy Spirit, Fill Our Hearts with the Fire of Your Love’. Archbishop Farrell asks that, like Mary and the Apostles “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:1), we allow ourselves to be encouraged…
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