Facebook has admitted making a “mistake” when it applied a “ridiculous” warning screen over an image of a foetus in the womb at 11-weeks. The computer-generated image of the baby beside the words ‘Still one of us’ was being used as part of an Iona Institute online and billboard campaign. It was initially restricted by…
Chai Brady speaks to Aid to the Church in Need who helped save Asia Bibi After the celebrated news that persecuted Christian Asia Bibi reached Canada this month after a decade of incarceration and death threats in Pakistan, there was a collective sigh of relief, but also an understanding that there are still many…
Spring Legacy 2019 – Last Call to Action Chai Brady discusses how Concern’s legacy donations can save lives Journeying with people through thick and thin, whether it be a natural disaster, extreme conflict or starvation, Concern are committed to working with beleaguered populations in some of the most “heart-breaking” conditions. Anne O’Mahony, International Programmes…
Spring Legacy 2019 – Last Call to Action Chai Brady speaks to OLH about compassion and end-of-life care A hospice is not a hospital, it is place someone goes to live out the final phase of their life in peace and comfort with the support of friends, family and expert empathetic staff, says Ireland’s leading…
Pro-life campaigners have said the Government must listen to families who carried to term babies with life-limiting conditions after the tragic case emerged of a couple who aborted a baby that appears to have been perfectly healthy after an initial test indicated it had a so-called ‘fatal foetal abnormality”. Eilís Mulroy of the Pro-Life Campaign…
There is “grave danger” of the normalisation of violence against Christians around the world after two attacks in two days saw 10 Catholics killed in Burkino Faso, an Irish charity has warned. Following yet another attack on a church that killed six people including a priest over the weekend in the African nation, the director…
The Sisters of Charity will sell the Stella Maris Retreat Centre in Howth, Co. Dublin, which is valued at over €3m due to a decline in attendance and cost of maintenance. Thousands of people have gone to the centre for over 125 years and availed of the sacred space of worship and natural beauty. Funds…
Facebook’s decision to censor an image of a baby in utero is “totally unjustifiable” according to a Christian advocacy group. The Iona Institute criticised the social media giant for placing a “warning screen” over their paid advertisement which depicts an unborn baby at 11 weeks gestation. Beside the foetus are the words ‘still one of…
The community of an Oblate priest who was killed in a hit-and-run in Roscommon over the weekend are “devastated” at the loss. The retired but “very active” Fr Michael Guckian OMI (81) was hit by a car at 11pm on Saturday while walking back to his vehicle on a country road. He lived with the…
There was “great excitement” in a Dublin parish as their long-awaited new altar was dedicated by the Archbishop of Dublin. After decades of using a temporary altar over 300 parishioners gathered for the ceremony in Sallynoggin parish earlier this month. Parish secretary Rachel Higgins said: “There was great excitement in the parish and an overwhelming…