Senator and psychotherapist sound alarm on threat to faith and family The new Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum, recently rolled out by the Department of Education, has prompted a wave of concern among parents, teachers, and Catholic commentators, who fear that the programme undermines parental rights and introduces children to confusing and…
The offices of the Iona Institute on Merrion Square, Dublin, were the scene of a major security operation this week after director David Quinn opened a letter containing white powder and a menacing message that read “Happy Anthrax.” The letter, which named both Quinn and fellow Iona board member Breda O’Brien, triggered a full Garda…
Bord Gáis has slapped Irish households with a 13.5% rise in electricity bills and a 12% hike in standing charges—even as the company pockets massive profits. In the first half of 2025 the company raked in €39 million in profit. Its parent company posted a staggering €663 million profit for the first half of 2025. Last year, Bord Gáis…
When Pope Leo XIV was still Fr Robert Prevost, he was assaulted on a Dublin street. “Never in my life, anywhere in the world have I been attacked as I was in Ireland” he said. Fr Prevost’s only ‘crime’ was wearing a collar at a time when public fury over clerical abuse and cover-ups was…
The Irish Catholic columnist and Director of the Iona Institute David Quinn has received a threatening letter containing a white powder substance claiming to be Anthrax. Gardai were called and the building on Merrion Square where Iona have offices was evacuated. The letter seen by The Irish Catholic newspaper was sent to the Iona Institute…
A video has emerged of Bishop Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV describing how he was physically attacked in Ireland on a visit there in what was likely 2007. He had previously visited in 2005. Bishop Prevost describes the attack and how another bigger Augustinian friar came to his rescue. Bishop Prevost is recorded on X…
‘I receive news of miracles and conversions every day from across the world’ – St Carlo’s mother History was made this week as Fr Michael Toomey, parish priest of Holy Family Church, Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary, returned from Italy carrying with him a first-class relic of the Church’s newest saint, Carlo Acutis. The relic, entrusted to him by…
He once promised, “I’ll be back,” but this time Arnold Schwarzenegger returns not to the silver screen but to the Vatican stage — and alongside an Irish bishop. On October 1st, Bishop Martin Hayes of Kilmore will share the spotlight with the Hollywood action hero and Pope Leo XIV at a landmark Laudato Si’ conference in Rome.…
Irish theologian and academic Fr Eugene Duffy has called for wide-ranging reform in the Catholic Church, with a strong focus on leadership and the way bishops are appointed. Delivering a lecture titled ‘The Need for Ecclesial Reform’ recently in Trinity College, he said the Synodal Assembly had made clear that the People of God want “a…
Presidential hopeful Maria Steen launches campaign Prominent barrister and Catholic commentator Maria Steen is seeking a nomination for the Presidency of Ireland, placing family, faith, and constitutional values at the heart of her campaign. Steen, a mother of five, said that while she has never run for public office before, she feels compelled to speak for those…