Protecting children’s hearts from junk food marketing is essential, Chai Brady hears Irish people are now living longer than ever before due to advances in medical science and technology as well as better health education, but this does not come without its challenges. Over the decades more health problems will arise and need to be…
The brutal persecution of the Church in Nicaragua will not stop missionaries striving to minister to the Faithful even if civil war and martyrdom are on the cards, an Irish Jesuit has insisted. Fr Kevin O’Higgins SJ, who spent decades in Latin America under a military dictatorship, said missionaries accept an “element of risk” in…
Rising international sprinting star Rhasidat Adeleke, who came fourth in the 400-metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, has previously said she prays every day and her faith is important. The fastest woman in the 400-metre race in Irish history, Ms Adeleke, from Tallaght in Dublin, born to Nigerian parents, has broken…
The late Bishop emeritus of Clogher Liam MacDaid was remembered for his “wisdom and deep Faith” as well as his humour and ability to listen, his successor has said at his funeral. Bishop McDaid’s funeral Mass took place at St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan on Saturday, August 26. The bishop died while on holiday in…
Ireland’s national Eucharistic and Marian Shrine has reported an increase in pilgrims and visitors this summer, after a sluggish post-pandemic restart last year and two years when on-off Covid-19 restrictions devastated numbers. Tens of thousands of pilgrims flocked to Knock in Co. Mayo over the past two weeks for the traditional novena, with rector Fr…
It would be “foolhardy” to deny that there are “aspects of sectarianism” in the PSNI, the chairman of the North’s Catholic Police Guild (CPG) has warned. Speaking to The Irish Catholic Supt Gerry Murray said no Catholic police officer should have to deal with sectarian comments. This comes after a recent article detailed sectarian slurs…
A new CEO has been announced for the body that advocates on behalf of the Catholic maintained schools sector in the North of Ireland. It was announced on Monday that Eve Bremner would take the reins of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS). Ms Bremner was assistant director in the Education Authority (EA) with…
Police in the North of Ireland are investigating an alleged sectarian hate crime that occurred at an Apprentice Boys march earlier this month. The PSNI confirmed to The Irish Catholic that derogatory remarks shouted about the Pope by loyalists marching through Derry – to mark the anniversary of the ending of the Siege of Derry…
Hundreds of pilgrims flocked to the Holy Rosary shrine on the Lee Road in Cork for the 72nd year to mark the Feast Day of the Assumption last week. Bishop emeritus of Cork and Ross. John Buckley. was the chief celebrant of the Mass, which only returned this year – the last pilgrimage occurring in…
Following the PSNI’s colossal data breach which revealed personal and employment details of staff, the Catholic Police Guild raised concerns about future recruitment of Catholic officers. Supt Gerry Murray, chairman of the Catholic Police Guild, called on the PSNI’s Chief Constable Simon Byrne to “reassure” Catholic officers. He told the Irish Times: “What we need…