Discussions regarding the possible buy out and takeover of Veritas Ltd by another major religious publisher, St Pauls Ireland, have broken down, The Irish Catholic understands. Veritas stated this week on Twitter that its branch in Blanchardstown, Dublin will now close. Veritas announced their wind-down in February last, saying it would be complete by the end of the year with the…
10 years on it is a strange but privileged vocation to be a bishop nowadays, Archbishop Eamon Martin tells Chai Brady The Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh was one of the last bishops to be appointed by Pope Benedict in January 2013, he says someone quipped that the former pope then “took…
A pro-life activist has said “no law will stop us defending” unborn babies at a ‘Life-Chain’ rally in Belfast over the weekend. Bernie Smyth, director of Precious Life, said that abortion is “barbaric”, and its effects will prove detrimental throughout society. Ms Smyth was speaking ahead of a minute’s silence for the 8,490 babies aborted…
The Primate of All Ireland has said he is “alarmed” by the ongoing debates around school SPHE textbooks and training which include controversial lessons around gender ideology and sexuality, adding the Church has not approved the use of these resources. Speaking exclusively to The Irish Catholic Archbishop Eamon Martin has said that no SPHE (Social Personal and Health Education) or RSE…
Irish missionaries continue to uphold dignity and human rights in some of the most challenging countries across the world, particularly where “there’s a lot of suffering”. The Director of the Loreto Sisters mission in Rumbek, South Sudan, who runs two schools and a healthcare clinic said that “over the years we’ve had different wars in…
An attempt to reinstate a priest laicised for the sexual abuse of minors by a top Vatican cleric has been decried by a leading Irish child protection campaigner Marie Collins, who warned children would have been put in danger. The Vatican Secretariat of State tried to undo the laicisation of Ariel Alberto Príncipi, a former…
World Mission Sunday A Day of Celebration and Renewed Support for Missions Worldwide The Irish Loreto sisters have been empowering young South Sudanese women for two decades, Chai Brady writes From being exchanged for cattle to fulfil wedding arrangements, to becoming educated leaders in their community, the lives of women in South Sudan have changed…
Leading child protection campaigner Marie Collins said she was “very angry” after seeing claims by a German cardinal that she had called him a liar in a recently published book. Dublin-born Ms Collins, who is an abuse survivor, was responding to comments attributed to Cardinal Gerhard Müller by journalist Franca Giansoldati in her book Vatican Confidential:…
Recent figures highlighting increased pressure on Ireland’s homeless services due to asylum seekers must not be “exploited” as there is space for both Irish homeless and those seeking international protection. Homelessness campaigners have insisted that pointing the finger at any group is “very wrong” and that it is up to Government to respond appropriately to…
Exclusive Stradbally Church robbed in broad daylight A Dublin priest has called on whoever took a much-loved relic during the Ploughing Championships to give it back so it may “give consolation to a wider scope of people”. Fr Bryan Shortall OFM Cap. of Priorswood parish in Dublin borrowed the relic of Italian teenager and saint-to-be Carlo…