The parliamentary inquiry into the mishandling of abuse by the Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has issued a report scathing of the local Church. Betrayal of Trust, the final report of the cross-party inquiry, launched in 2012, covers incidents of abuse by clergy from 1960 to 1985 and details what inquiry chairwoman…
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SSPX protestors disrupt cathedral service
Argentina – Members of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) have disrupted an interfaith service commemorating the Holocaust in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires. As members of the Catholic and Jewish faiths joined in a ceremony to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht when Hitler unleashed his Nazi followers on Germany’s synagogues and Jewish…
Halt Troubles legal proceedings
Attorney General, John Larkin QC said he favoured “taking law out of the equation so no prosecutions, no enquiries, no inquests, no civil proceedings”.
Catholics’ views on marriage still sought
The unprecedented consultative document, sent out in preparation for a 2014 meeting of the world’s bishops, is available online on diocesan websites.
‘When will children be safe?’
This coming weekend Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will celebrate a Mass in the Pro Cathedral in Dublin with the anniversary of 10 years of the establishment of the Dublin Diocese Child Protection Service in late 2003. This is not a celebration but it will acknowledge and thank the people who are helping to protect children from…
Fr Jerome Murphy-O’Connor OP: In Memoriam
Fr Brendan McConvery remembers a renowned biblical teacher and scholar
Keeping faith in the law
Martin O’Brien meets controversial Attorney General John Francis Larkin
Shatter’s attack on the family
A forthcoming law will be the most far-reaching attack on the family, writes David Quinn
Why we need Purgatory, with C.S. Lewis
Thomas G. Casey, SJ examines key lessons from a genius of modern Christianity
Dad’s Diary
Sharing the magic of fairies and folklore