The Irish State needs to be “honest” and have “coherence” if it is to sustain a genuinely pluralist school system. It also needs to “stop narrowing rights while speaking the language of inclusion”, the Catholic Education Partnership (CEP) has told the United Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in a lengthy submission to its Universal Periodic Review…
The Pontifical Irish College in Rome has awarded Certificates to 13 Irish students who graduated from their year-long Lay Formation Programme, which includes a certificate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. It marks a significant milestone as the college embarks on expanding its mission beyond a seminary to what it calls a synodal…
David Lane, MD of Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland (proudly part of the Benefact Group), tells The Irish Catholic podcast, Education Nation, why the company’s unique ownership model means its profits go to charity — and why that matters for Catholic institutions Most people regard paying an insurance premium as, in David Lane’s words, a grudge purchase.…
Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell has called on Catholics across the archdiocese to embrace an accelerating process of parish restructuring the format for which was published alongside a pastoral letter for Pentecost. The Archbishop urges Dubliners: “If we have the courage to face up to the reality of our local Church today, we will clearly…
Introducing the people in the Irish Synodal Pathway Working Groups and their roles and backgrounds. The Synodal Pathway refused to release this information for unknown reasons so we compiled it in the interest of a transparent Church culture which clearly has some way to go before it is realised. BELONGING Bishop Paul Dempsey Auxiliary Bishop…
Conservative Catholic voices have told this paper that recent episcopal oversight of the Irish Synodal Pathway has transformed what they once feared might be an open-ended discernment exercise into something more structured — and more recognisably Catholic — ahead of the National Synodal Assembly in October. The Irish Synodal Pathway is now in its most…
Working Groups prepare to wrap up discussions Conservative Catholic voices have told this paper that recent episcopal oversight of the Irish Synodal Pathway proceedings– what they describe as a “reigning in”-has transformed what they perceived as a potentially open-ended discernment exercise into a more practical and more “Catholic” structure for the National Irish Synod in…
Fr Brendan Hoban wrote recently with characteristic elegance and genuine pastoral concern about Christian unity, and his reflection on the recent meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Archbishop Sarah Mullally is worth engaging seriously with. Yet there is a significant gap at the heart of his argument — one that threatens to undermine the very…
Jerusalem bishop to promote pilgrimage of peace at Knock The Holy Land risks becoming “little more than a Christian theme park” if the persecution of its ancient Christian community is not halted, a senior Catholic charity leader has warned — as a Jerusalem bishop prepares to bring an urgent appeal to Ireland this month. Michael…
Theologian’s 1958 warning proved prophetic, says Irish scholar A little-known article written by a young Joseph Ratzinger in 1958 predicted with striking accuracy the collapse of Catholic practice across the Western world including Ireland, according to one of Ireland’s leading theologians. Fr Vincent Twomey SVD, emeritus professor of moral theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth,…