Shannon Campbell The View On Ash Wednesday past, our chaplain, Fr Dominic McGrattan, invited students to consider what it is that makes a cross a crucifix? Crosses, we know, come in all shapes and sizes. Some are jewelled, others are intricately carved. I wear one my grandmother gave me when I was a child. What…
Staff reporter Former TD for Tipperary Michael O’Kennedy, who spent a total of 35 years as a public representative after spending time as a seminarian in Maynooth, was laid to rest on Tuesday in Nenagh aged 86, with Bishop of Killaloe Fintan Monahan commending his long public service. Mr O’Kennedy initially began his third level…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a practicing Catholic, signed into law a bill protecting the unborn from abortion after 15 weeks gestation last Thursday. “What we’re doing today is saying that we will not let that happen in the state of Florida,” the Republican politician said. DeSantis signed into law House Bill 5 in Kissimmee, Florida. The legislation…
More than 70 bishops from around the world have released a “fraternal open letter” to Germany’s bishops warning that sweeping changes to Church teaching advocated by the ongoing process known as the “Synodal Path” may lead to schism. The letter expresses “our growing concern about the nature of the entire German ‘Synodal Path,’” which the…
Care argues against ‘sex work’ on popular Channel 4 show ‘Sex work’ sees women “bought and sold” and used for sex, Care Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Policy Officer Lauren Agnew argued on Channel 4’s popular WouldYouRather series. The episode saw the cases for “pro-sex work” and “anti sex-work” debated, with Ms Agnew arguing that…
Archbishop criticises plenary council preparations At a time when Catholicism in Australia faces crises such as a loss of faith and declining religious practice, a plenary council preparatory document shows “serious failures” that suggest a lack of confidence and “evangelical vigour”, Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart has said. Archbishop Porteous warned that the document may…
Dear Editor, Thank you for your continued focus on the synodal pathway on which the Church in Ireland is not embarked. It is long overdue, but must not be allowed to become a ‘talking shop’ that goes nowhere dominated by the sort of people we all remember at meetings during our professional career. Thankfully I…
Fr Gabriel Stawowy SDB explains to The Irish Catholic how the Salesians are helping the 60 Ukrainian refugees in their Krakow seminary, and how Irish generosity has been so important.The refugees are mainly women and children.Food, polish classes, computers, clothes and much more are also provided to help.
Devotees of the traditional Latin Mass may have been feeling unloved of late after Pope Francis restricted the pre-Vatican II liturgy. However, apparent support came from a perhaps unlikely source at the weekend when Tánaiste Leo Varadkar attended the Mass in Dublin. The Fine Gael leader made a discreet entrance at St Kevin’s Church in…
Parishioners in south Dublin have paid tribute to a local man who was killed after he returned to his native Ukraine to try to protect his family from the brutal Russian invasion. Friends said Oleksandr Zavhorodniy – known to many as Alex – gave away everything that he owned before leaving Dublin. Mr Zavhorodniy, who…