Dear Editor, Like Fr Tom Whelan (‘Fresh Mass translation ‘a long shot’’ IC 02/02/2017), I agree that the “pragmatics of administrators will win out,” when it comes to the future of the largely unloved 2011 translation of the Roman Missal. Its turgid prose, erratic use of capital letters and badly designed presentation of prayers in…
Andy Devane in Rome The owner of Rome’s oldest pub has revealed how Irish priests and seminarians kept the place alive in the fledgling early days. The famous in the shadows of the landmark basilica of St Mary Major, is celebrating 40 years as the eternal city’s ‘go to’ Irish pub. Gino Bottigliero brought Guinness…
Archbishop attacks healthcare system The Archbishop of Dublin has criticised the country’s healthcare system as being “one of the darkest shadows” hanging over a wealthy Ireland. At a conference to mark World Day of the Sick in Sutton, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin attacked the bureaucratic failures of the HSE and warned that the “system itself is…
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin greeting Susan Jackson, aged 104, from Cherry Orchard Hospital before the Mass of Healing and Anointing of the Sick in St Gabriel’s Church, Dollymount in Dublin on Sunday to celebrate the 25th World Day of the Sick. Photo: John McElroy
A parishioner has left a Co. Antrim parish a legacy of more than half a million pounds, one of the largest donations ever received within the Diocese of Down and Connor. The parish of Glenavy and Killead received the generous donation from Peter McAreavey, who died peacefully in hospital in July 2015. Fr Colm McBride…
Staff reporter Former Jesuit provincial Fr Gerry O’Hanlon has insisted that the Church’s centralised model of governance contributed to the mishandling of sexual abuse allegations against priests. Speaking to the royal commission on abuse in Australia via a videolink from Dublin, Fr O’Hanlon also said that the Church suffered from the same defensive attitude as…
Staff Reporter Two clerics are part of an Irish delegation which travelled to Colombia last week to share the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process. Methodist Rev. Harold Good and Redemptorist Fr Michael Kelleher were in Colombia to speak with the Government and FARC members who have turned themselves in to reincorporation zones as…
Seamus Mulconry CPSMA general secretary Seamus Mulconry addressed the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills about the Equal Status (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016 No Catholic school wishes to exclude any child from the benefits of a Catholic education. In almost 95% of our schools, we take everyone who applies. Our schools are welcoming and…
Religious tolerance is steadily deteriorating in India and violations of freedom of religion are rising, a new report has found. Sponsored by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), ‘Constitutional and Legal Challenges Faced by Religious Minorities in India’ examined state laws across the nation and found that, while India’s constitution guarantees equal rights…
Catholic bishops in the Philippines are to undertake a ‘walk for life’ this February 18 to demonstrate their opposition to the multitude of deaths resulting from President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs over recent months. At least 7,000 people have died in shootings linked to the police or vigilant gangs since Mr Duterte called for…
