Bishop Donal McKeown has warned parishioners not to “sub-contract” acts of compassion to charities during the Year of Mercy. Noting that the holy year was “a call to all followers of Christ to be well known for their unobtrusive generosity and compassion”, the Bishop of Derry said there was a need “to reflect whether clergy,…
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Families need secure homes this Christmas – Archbishop
Bishops accuse banks, politicians of instilling dread
Red meat is nutritious in moderation
The news that global health experts had warned that bacon, ham and sausages were as big a cancer threat as cigarettes gripped the nation recently. The furore arose after the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a report on the dangers of eating processed meats. It was reported that the International Agency for Research on Cancer…
True blue
Cathal Barry talks family, faith and football with former Dublin GAA star Ger Brennan
Govt ‘incapable of any principle’ on respect for life
Bishop Kevin Doran has accused the Government of being “incapable of any principle in the matter of respect for life”. The Bishop of Elphin told The Irish Catholic that Taoiseach Enda Kenny was “simply trying to shift a monkey off his shoulder” by pledging to establish a citizens’ convention to discuss the repeal of the…
Maynooth rejects claim it pays ‘lip service’ to theology
The President of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth has rejected a former professor’s claim that the college focuses on producing “ecclesiastical functionaries” rather than teaching its seminarians theology. Msgr Hugh Connolly told The Irish Catholic that the remarks made by Jesuit Fr Oliver Rafferty were “sweeping” and “unfair”. Writing in Ireland & Vatican II, Fr Rafferty,…
Tributes paid to ‘champion’ of peace process Fr Reynolds
Tributes have been paid to Fr Gerry Reynolds, a priest credited for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process, who has died aged 80. The Redemptorist priest based at Clonard Monastery in west Belfast, died in the city’s Royal Victoria Hospital on Monday (November 30) after a short illness. Fr Reynolds, a Co. Limerick…
Thanksgiving and praise
The Church teaches that the Eucharist is the memorial of Christ’s Passover, writes Cathal Barry
Create, gather and share
Cathal Barry speaks to iCatholic founder Fr Bill Kemmy and presenter Wendy Grace about the innovating online project
Government ideology ‘trumps safety’ – PLC
The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has criticised the Government for failing to implement fully sepsis in pregnancy guidelines more than two years after the death of Savita Halappanavar. PLC Deputy Chairperson Cora Sherlock told The Irish Catholic “the fact that to this day sepsis guidelines are still not properly in place shows that ideology trumps safety…