Dear Editor, I was heartened by the fact that Limerick’s Bishop Brendan Leahy drew a firm line between Christianity and racism last week (IC 19/09/19). Racial intolerance was more prevalent, normalised and accepted 50 years ago, but we now live in different times and should know much better. Ireland has become more globalised and through…
Youth Space Pilgrimages abroad are a wonderful opportunity to meet like-minded Catholics, writes Mark Caffrey The Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia who are based in Limerick once again organised a young-adult pilgrimage to Rome at the conclusion of this summer. Our journey took us to the very heart of the Faith. Thematically based around St…
Prisoners in Ethiopia have been shedding light on remarkable people who made a huge contribution to our world, writes Fr Paddy Moran CSSp Recently an exhibition of Irish prison art was put on display in the historic Kilmainham Gaol. The exhibition was entitled ‘Unlock’ and was described as a “showcase of the work of…
Food tingles in Dingle Described by locals as ‘The Best Weekend of Year’, the Dingle Food Festival will take place at the beginning of October in the fishing town of Dingle on the Wild Atlantic Way. Highlights of the festival include cookery demonstrations, over 50 market stalls, workshops, street entertainment, children’s events and wine and…
Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy has slammed people who think of themselves as “faithful Christians” while espousing sinful racism views. He warned that “racism and intolerance should have no place in Irish society”. In his homily at Our Lady Help of Christians church in Milford, Limerick to celebrate the centenary of Salesians in Ireland, Bishop Leahy said…
An Irish Church that existed in the penal times has been re-opened in Waterford, with a new footpath to it blessed by Bishop Phonsie Cullinan. Mass was celebrated in St Patrick’s Church on Jenkin’s Lane throughout the 18th Century when Catholics suffered severe persecution. The earliest Mass recorded there happened in 1704. A large number…
Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sexual abuse offences, has lodged an application with Australia’s High Court to appeal his guilty verdict. The application to the country’s highest court is Cardinal Pell’s last avenue of appeal and comes 27 days after the Supreme Court of the Australian state…
The fact that we now live in a society highly ideologised by social media and rogue journalism makes inevitable that we must ask of each encounter “is this person friend or foe?”, writes John Waters When you stand up to be counted on what have become the era’s most ideologically-mobilised questions, you find yourself encountering…
The Vatican confirmed last Friday that Pope Francis will travel to Thailand and Japan in November with stops scheduled in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Pontiff will visit Thailand from November 20-23 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the Vatican Mission to Siam in 1669. He will then travel from November 23-26 to Japan,…
The deans of five Argentine law schools have protested the appointment of a supporter of legalised abortion as Argentina’s Ombudsman for the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents since “it’s a clear violation of the federal juridical order”. On June 26, the Argentine House of Representatives confirmed Marisa Graham, a well-known abortion advocate in Argentina,…