Liam Fitzpatrick A majority of Irish people support a levy on disposable cups, according to a poll from Ireland Thinks. In a poll requested by environmental campaign Sick of Plastic, respondents answered the question, “Do you support the Government’s plan to bring in a levy, like the plastic bag tax, of 20c on disposable cups…
Chai Brady and Liam Fitzpatrick The Faithful will gather on July 24 for a pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, as well as in parishes across Ireland, to celebrate the second annual World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. It will be the first time the “amazing day” will be marked in person due to Covid restrictions…
Liam Fitzpatrick The Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin has seen an increase in the number of ‘working poor’ availing of the centre’s services in recent weeks as the cost of living continues to rise. Irish prices and apartment costs have drastically increased over the past year, making it difficult for those working low-pay jobs to…
Staff reporter Irish pilgrims have escaped the worst of the summer travel chaos in Dublin airport and abroad, Marian Pilgrimages have said. While many travellers have struggled with cancelled flights and lost baggage, pilgrim tour operators use of charter flights and regional airports means they have been largely unaffected by these issues. “We are having…
New form of ‘team ministry’ in Ferns Priests in the diocese of Ferns will be assigned to a “team ministry” to cater for parishes without a resident priest, Bishop Ger Nash has said. The appointments, which take effect August 15, are as a follows: Fr Jim Doyle has been appointed Chaplain, Irish College Paris for…
Although the idea of a papal visit to Ukraine was in the air even before the February Russian invasion, it wasn’t until this week that several figures in the know began speaking of a “realistic” possibility that Pope Francis may travel to Kyiv before the summer ends. In an interview, Pope Francis said that the…
Eugenio Scalfari, a highly acclaimed journalist who helped found Italy’s Radical Party and its most widely-read leftist newspaper, who also made waves throughout the Catholic world for his eyebrow-raising and often questionable conversations with Pope Francis, has died aged 98. Mr Scalfari is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed Italian journalists of the…
Staff reporter Catholic third level institute Carlow College has been offered to the State with “no strings attached”, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin said in the Dáil. Mr Martin, responding to questions from TDs about the Church’s involvement in education, said the “issue of the role of the Church within education” has “evolved significantly”. He cited…
A cardinal who leads India’s Syro-Malabar Church has been cleared by his state government of charges of wrongdoing related to real estate deals estimated to have resulted in losses of around $10 million. The financial controversy led to protests from some of his own clergy and laity, and his temporary loss of administrative authority by…
Staff reporter The chapel in the Poor Clares’ convent in Galway has been reopened to the public after “badly needed” repairs to nearby buildings. The roof of some of the convent buildings was “badly in need of repair with rain coming through the ceilings of the top floor bedrooms”, the order said in a statement.…