The Irish Government has decried the “alarming” and “concerning” crackdown on the rights of the Church in Nicaragua under President Daniel Ortega’s regime. The Irish bishops’ conference is also being urged by Irish missionaries to show solidarity with Nicaraguan Catholics. Repression of freedom of religion and expression in Nicaragua are causing a “deterioration in human…
A priest has described the “sorrow and sadness” of a Limerick community after a son was killed and father hospitalised in an attack in Kildare town over the weekend. Fr Chris O’Donnell of Kilmallock parish, where the late Dylan McCarthy (29) was from, said that people in the town are devasted and “everybody is heartbroken”.…
A secretary general of the synodal pathway has been appointed to promote synodality in the Church in Ireland and coordinate the work of the national synodal pathway. The appointee, Julieann Moran, will also support Ireland’s contribution to the ‘Synod on Synodality’ initiated by Pope Francis for 2021-2023 with the theme, ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion,…
The Church stops listening to the voice of the Lord when it follows cultural changes and ceases “to be a stone in society’s shoe”, according to Bishop Donal McKeown of the Diocese of Derry. In his homily on Sunday Bishop McKeown said that Jesus “challenges our cosy assumptions” about God and being Christ’s follower, and…
Nicaragua is becoming one of the most dangerous countries for the Church and missionaries to minister, writes Chai Brady Looking at the situation in the Central American country of Nicaragua, the martyred and canonised St Oscar Romero comes to mind. He spoke out against a regime he knew to be unjust up until the end,…
Scientific experiments are an excellent way to learn about the world around you and also allow you to create, imagine, and explore. Although in films scientists are often wearing long white lab coats and are usually surrounded with test-tubes of bubbling liquids, you don’t actually need any of these things to do your own scientific…
Sectarianism is more widespread than the actions of a few young people and political parties who “foment confrontation as a political weapon” bear their share of responsibility, Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry has said. His comments come in the wake of a controversial bonfire in Derry in which poppy wreaths, Union flags and an image…
The Irish Government has raised the issue of the detention of an archbishop by Lebanese authorities while he was returning from Israel following a routine visit to his Episcopal See. Archbishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa and the Holy Land was detained last month while bringing $460,000 (€451,000) in aid from the Lebanese diaspora in Israel…
The mother of 2020 Late Late Toy Show star Saoírse Ruane who was diagnosed twice with life-threatening tumours, said she feels a strong connection to Padre Pio after praying to him before her daughter’s major surgery. Roseanna Ruane spoke of hearing Saoírse’s diagnosis of Osteosarcoma and subsequent treatments more than two years ago, and then…
Tributes have poured in for the “humble” and “powerful” Bro. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap. who will retire after decades of feeding the poor. Bro. Kevin told The Irish Catholic he will miss working with the homeless “who I love so much”. The 87-year-old hopes to hand over the reins of the Capuchin Day Centre in…