Catholic migrant communities have higher levels of religiosity then ‘indigenous Irish’ and should be seen as a “resource for the future” of the Church, a University College Dublin (UCD) academic has said. Professor of Migration and Social Policy Bryan Fanning of UCD told The Irish Catholic that religion in Irish society should not be viewed…
Narrow secular definitions of diversity railroad debates about immigration, liberalism and more, Chai Brady hears A rapid societal shift in Ireland has led to what is often called the ‘culture wars’, a phenomenon occurring in many democratic societies which at best has led to healthy debate and discussion, at worst, distress and rage. Prof. Bryan…
The Primate of All Ireland told pilgrims on World Youth Day to speak the “truth with love” to attract their peers to the Faith at an event in Slane, Co. Meath. Thousands gathered to the Hill of Slane in Co. Meath on Sunday, August 6, for the ‘Light the Fire’ event where St Patrick defied…
The Primate of All-Ireland has called on the Government to intervene after a bishop in Nicaragua who spoke out against the government and its dictator, President Nicolas Maduro, was given a 26-year sentence. Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was arrested for his criticism of President Maduro’s regime, and was subsequently convicted of treason, along with several…
Following the car crash that killed two young women Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed last week, a priest has said “our hearts are broken”. Fr John Chester PP of Roslea said at the funeral of Ms McCann that “God is in Clones and God was at the Mount of Olives the night before the death…
Thousands of pilgrims swarmed to the Hill of Slane on World Youth Day for an event called ‘Light the Fire’ where they were asked to carry the “torch of Faith with courage and conviction”. Pilgrims of all ages gathered for praise and worship, rosary, Mass, and adoration, and prayed as Primate of All Ireland Archbishop…
About 1,000 people gathered in Dublin to hear concerns about the Government’s proposed new sex education programme for secondary school students last week. One of the speakers at the National Stadium, Aontú’s Peadar Tóibín TD, said there was a broad mix of different faiths, communities and groups who attended. “There is significant concern over the…
A Nigerian civil rights group has called on the Vatican to make an Irish priest a saint for his work helping children during Nigeria’s 1967-1970 civil war. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) last week called on the Vatican to make Fr Dermot Doran CSSp a saint for his work in Igbo Land,…
A Christian charity in the North has lambasted the PSNI claiming it is not making use of laws criminalising ‘sex-buyers’ that would see men “named and shamed”. Last week the PSNI said they had identified six women “forced into prostitution and exploited”. The women, who are in their 20s, had been lured into travelling through…
The dangers of evil are “prowling” Ireland, and at a time when individual choice is seen as the ‘gold standard’, it is more important than ever to know good from evil according to the Primate of All Ireland. In his homily for Mass on the summit of Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, Archbishop Eamon Martin of…