Renowned GAA manager Mickey Harte has said Irish people owe it to their children to pass on the Faith, or even make them aware of it so they can make up their own minds. Mr Harte told The Irish Catholic there has been extra challenges for people of Faith over the last two years due…
The RTÉ star tells Chai Brady about Christmas, ‘wonderful’ religious and why a contemplative order would not be up her street Christmas is a busy time for much-loved RTÉ broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan but that’s exactly how she prefers it. Coming from a Heuston station-like household, total silence is “a bit odd”. Four daughters and four…
The Devil rewards those who leave the Church, musician Johnny Duhan, tells Chai Brady Being an openly Catholic musician comes with its challenges, it may even lead to the loss of friends but for Johnny Duhan his Christmas hope is that those who drifted from the Church like he once did come to the same…
The decision by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to discontinue an investigation into the alleged torture of the group of Catholics known as the ‘hooded men’ in 2014 was unlawful, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled. In a decision handed down this morning (Wednesday) in London, the court stated that the treatment of…
Gerry Adams said the IRA’s 1994 ceasefire would not have been possible without Fr Alec Reid CSsR, according to a letter he wrote to the rector of the Clonard Monastery at the time. Then Sinn Féin president, Mr Adams praised the whole Belfast-based Clonard Redemptorist community for their role in the peace process, signing off…
The Archdiocese of Dublin has announced that a synodal process of discussion and discernment will begin across the diocese in the New Year, according to a letter sent by the archbishop. Archbishop Dermot Farrell also announced that a taskforce aimed at developing their pastoral plan has been created. He said: “It is my intention to…
The Dublin hostel run by the Legion of Mary for unmarried mothers was more compassionate than many at the time, writes Chai Brady When the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was published in January of this year, one institution stands out as an anomaly among the 18 investigated,…
A new documentary celebrating 1,500 years since the birth of the “powerful” and “brave” St Columba will be released next week. The dramatic reconstruction of the warrior and poet’s life, Calum Cille: An Naomh Dàna/Columba: The Bold Saint, will be broadcast simultaneously on the BBC, ALBA and TG4 on December 7 at 9.30pm and will…
It would be “unwise and unhelpful” to decide how the final listening report will be handled at the early stages of Ireland’s national synod, according to Bishop Paul Dempsey of Achonry following concerns about the process. A number of leading laypeople have called on the Irish bishops to return their final listening report when it…
Independent Dáil members have described as “bizarre” Government suggestions that families might forgo Christmas nativity plays this festive season while sports stadiums and night clubs are full. It comes as the Ombudsman for Children Niall Muldoon warned that the suggestions have a disproportionate impact on children and young people since no such plans have been…