[Link to the Full Report] The Government is facing growing pressure to explain why it continues to demand €26.2 million from the Legion of Mary to contribute to the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme. The Department of Children is sticking to its position despite the assets of the Legion being worth less than 10%…
Catholics from abroad who “have lived the Faith in different ways” can enrich the Church in Ireland and help the synodal process, the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly has said. In a wide-ranging interview with The Irish Catholic, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly SMA warned against “people who have a certain perspective on our brothers and sisters…
Women often sought entry to the Regina Coeli hostel because of domestic violence, homelessness or drug addiction, Chai Brady writes Despite advice from taxpayer-funded investigations, the Government has continued to call for more than €26m from the Legion of Mary to pay into the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme. When the final report of the…
Exclusive Indian Catholics are experiencing an increase in racially motivated attacks, according to parishioners and a community leader. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, the National Coordinator of the Syro Malabar Catholics in Ireland Fr Joseph Mathew Oliakkattil said that while Syro Malabars are not being specifically targeted, “as Indians we are threatened”. “We are so happy…
The Minister for Education has received criticism for a “slip” in not mentioning parents specifically in a social media post about her newly announced national conversation on education The Catholic Education Partnership (CEP) insisted the Government’s National Convention on Education must ensure that parents views are “central” and allow discussion on all topics of concern.…
Cork City councillors who voted against renaming Bishop Lucey Park have strongly criticised what they see as an attempt to rewrite history and erase an important figure in the city’s Catholic heritage. Councillors voted 17-11 last week to begin a process that could see Bishop Lucey Park — named in honour of Bishop Cornelius Lucey…
A growing number of young men from diverse backgrounds are returning to church in Dublin and speaking openly about the impact of pornography on their lives, according to Fr Alan Hilliard, Administrator of City Quay and Westland Row parishes in the Archdiocese of Dublin. Fr Hilliard highlighted that many of these young men are raising…
Members of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee last week heard strong opposition to the proposed Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill from representatives of Ireland’s Jewish community. The bill, which seeks to ban imports of goods — and potentially services — from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, has been…
Former Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan has criticised the Government for failing to give sufficient prominence to Catholic Emancipation in its newly announced programme to commemorate Daniel O’Connell. Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan last week launched the Daniel O’Connell Commemorative Programme to mark the 250th anniversary of O’Connell’s birth. Speaking to The Irish…
A priest in the last remaining all-Christian village in the Palestinian West Bank has pleaded with Irish Catholics to pray and pressure politicians to raise awareness of what is happening there, following a wave of attacks by Israeli settler extremists. Fr Bashar Fawadleh, PP of Christ the Redeemer Church in Taybeh — where Jesus spent…