The iconic Angelus bell will remain on RTÉ as the broadcaster gears up to unveil a new-look Angelus this week. The launch of the new set of reflective films in RTÉ One’s Angelus slots takes place today, June 1 at 6pm. The six films will run year-round except on Advent and Christmas when there will be two…
Despite “understandable” concerns about housing and homelessness Irish people are still welcoming to asylum seekers particularly when meeting them face to face, a Wicklow-based priest has insisted. Fr Donal Roche PP of Wicklow, Kilbride and Barndarrig told The Irish Catholic a large number of asylum seekers are now living in Wicklow Town but he has…
An Irish missionary who educates Syrian refugees in his school in Tyre has described the failure of Lebanese officials to renew his residency permit for months as “cruel” and called on the Irish Government to intervene. The process requires Rosminian priest Fr William Stuart to submit his passport to ‘General Security’, which means he can’t…
“Polemic and superficial” communications are “particularly worrying” when it comes from Church leadership, including bishops, pastors, and prominent lay leaders,” the Vatican has said in a new pastoral message. In the 20-page pastoral message about the use of social media, the Vatican continued: “These not only cause division in the community but also give permission…
St Teresa’s parish, Donore Avenue in Dublin 8 has unveiled two new stained glass windows commemorating those who died during the Covid-19, at the Feast of Pentecost on May 28. The parish pastoral council worked for 18 months, in conjunction with Abbey Stained Glass Studios in Kilmainham, to design the two windows. They represent aspects…
Outdated language has no place says disability theologian An Irish theologian who advocates for persons living with a disability has said that comments from the Taoiseach describing political opponents as “slow learners” amounts to a slur on people with a learning disability. Dr Liam Waldron described as “completely unacceptable” the Taoiseach’s description of Sinn Féin…
Lay people will increasingly be asked to step up to the plate in one of Ireland’s largest diocese as priest numbers are expected to fall to dramatically. The Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Down and Connor will say this Sunday that “very soon” it’s likely the celebration of a Requiem Mass will “no longer…
An Irish World War I military chaplain has been honoured by a college in England after they named their new English centre after him. Servant of God Fr Willie Doyle SJ, whose cause for sainthood has been opened, was killed in action while assisting soldiers. He ministered to the 8th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and died…
The Irish Catholic Legacy Supplement 2023 – An Enduring Gift Immediate calls for an ambulance by mobile health units reflect the danger of unnoticed high blood pressure, writes Chai Brady 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…