The Vatican has given permission for the opening of the sainthood cause of an Iraqi priest who studied in the Irish College at Rome and spent several summers working at Lough Derg. Chaldean Fr Ragheed Ganni, was killed by armed gunmen after celebrating Mass in Mosul on June 3, 2007, along with three deacons, including…
If I was a member of the Association of Catholic Priests, I would strongly consider my continued membership, writes Dr Tom Finegan I have never met anyone involved in the leadership of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), and I know little about the wider ACP itself. I’ve been told that it does some good…
More bishops and priests across Ireland have added their voice to the pro-life cause in the lead up to the May 25 referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment. Galway’s bishop Brendan Kelly said on May 12 that central to love is solidarity, which entails the support of others, including new life. He noted that this…
All human beings from the moment of conception possess an inalienable right to life and no government can take it away writes Fr Maurice Hogan SSC It has been remarked that all that is needed for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. This is hardly a time for complacency or…
It’s hard to discuss detrimental environmental effects of using the diesel fuel needed to run generators in Gaza when people only have three hours of government-provided electricity a day, Tahani Abu Daqqa, former Palestinian Minister of Culture, has said. Catholics are influenced by the environment in which they live, so while Catholics living in Israel…
Heeding a call from Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins to “speak more loudly by silence” Canada’s largest pro-life march reversed course after it was blocked for at least 20 minutes by a counter protest. An estimated 75-100 demonstrators in favour of allowing abortion, some wearing black bandanas over their faces, screamed chants and waved signs, halting…
A noble end cannot justify an evil means, otherwise morality would be a simple matter of having good intentions, writes Dr John Murray Many people, including practising Catholics, might be motivated by compassion for women in crisis pregnancy situations to vote ‘yes’ in the upcoming abortion referendum. Such women and their difficulties feature often…
Migration and the Making of Ireland by Bryan Fanning (UCD Press, €25) Joe Carroll This is “the first comprehensive history of migration to and from the island of Ireland”, according to the publisher’s blurb. It certainly is comprehensive as it goes back to Neolithic times and up to more recent arrivals of Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and…
Fr Arnold Rosney On a beautiful warm May bank holiday Sunday, the Killaloe diocese jointly with the diocesan youth team and the World Meeting of Families hosted a wonderful Family Picnic Day. This was the first time the diocese hosted such an event. The event took place in the Showgrounds, Ennis which provided excellent facilities both…
The Church in Cameroon said shots were fired at the residence of Archbishop Samuel Kleda, president of the bishops’ conference, after he criticised policies by the government of President Paul Biya. “Projectiles were shot at the Archdiocese of Douala headquarters, breaking its windows,” the local vicar general Msgr Dieudonne Bayemeg said in a statement. “There…