Children’s Corner Water can certainly move in mysterious ways. It is paramount to life on earth and humans would certainly not be able to survive without it considering about 60% of our bodies are made up of the liquid! There are hundreds of experiments examining the miracle that is water and how it interacts with…
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) in the North has said it is “alarming” they were not chosen to participate in a conference focused on inclusivity last week, which was organised by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO). The CCMS accused the NIO of excluding them and that it was “ironic” considering the focus of the…
Poetry has changed throughout the years both negatively and positively with the revolution of self-published poets and international poetry being hugely influential, according to well-known poet John F. Deane. Speaking to The Irish Catholic he explains there are many more voices on the scene compared to when he set out. There were the great masters…
A Catholic man driven from his home with his partner by a loyalist mob in Belfast, described the PSNI as a “disgrace” after allegedly taking almost an hour to respond. The couple, who did not want to be identified, said they were subjected to sectarian slurs and the female victim was hit on the head…
A talented GAA player who died in Spain has been described as a man of “character and integrity” by his parish priest. Damian Casey (29) from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, died following an incident at a swimming pool in Alicante. He had been attending a wedding. Fr Dean Kevin Donaghy PP of Dungannon told The Irish…
Irish people should be proud of their Defence Forces despite much of their work being behind the scenes, an army chaplain tells Chai Brady The work of Irish peacekeepers can often be forgotten and despite the shadow of Covid and all the subsequent restrictions, their foreign missions with the UN far from home were maintained.…
Ireland urgently needs trained teams of people to lead so-called ‘deliverance ministry’ for people who feel they are oppressed by evil spirits, a leading priest-exorcist has warned. Fr Pat Collins CM, who has worked in this ministry for many years, told The Irish Catholic that the need is pressing and that while a number of…
The Provincial Leader of the OLA Sisters has condemned the brutal attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria over the weekend, which left dozens of people dead. Sr Kathleen McGarvey, who has worked on peacebuilding in Nigeria for many years, described the attack on Pentecost Sunday as “an absolute nightmare”. “It is very painful…
An investigation is needed into the Orange Order and Flute Band following the broadcast of a “shockingly offensive” song mocking the murder of Michaela McAreavey, according to the leader of Aontú. Peadar Tóibín TD said the tragedy of Ms McAreavey’s murder extended across the whole of Ireland. He said: “It was truly shocking and disturbing…
Housing and homelessness charity the Peter McVerry Trust has won a gold medal with its first show garden at gardening festival Bloom. ‘Pathways to Home’, designed to represent the journey from homelessness and sleeping rough to living in a safe and secure home secured first place. The garden was designed by Seán O’Malley and Oisin…