Reflecting on the Jubilee Year of Hope in 2025, the Bishop of Meath has said that now more than ever “our world needs hope”. “The year was a good one. The message of hope is important and is intrinsically linked to Faith. The whole purpose of Faith is Hope; hope in eternal life, hope in…
Listening to the news on Sunday about Jews murdered on Bondi Beach for being Jewish, one detail lingered. The newsreader reported that Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, had condemned the attack, noting that it took place at a Jewish bar mitzvah. Herzog. The same name Dublin City Council recently sought to erase from a public park.…
Exclusive Archbishop Eamon Martin has said Ireland is “in some ways lost” and in need of a renewed spiritual conversation, expressing hope that Pope Leo XIV could visit Ireland as part of a wider effort to re-energise the Church during a period of reflection and transition. Speaking exclusively to this paper about the Catholic Church’s…
The Cause of Willie Doyle is progressing well and should go to Rome in 2026 the Bishop of Meath has told The Irish Catholic. “The Theological Commission has completed its work, the Historical Commission will be finished within a month and the Tribunal hopes to have finished its work by the end of February. All…
The latest “no” from Rome on women deacons has landed with a familiar thud. For many, it is disappointing. For some, especially women who love the Church yet feel blocked by it, it is deeply painful. But if we’re honest, it is not surprising. The Vatican commission’s refusal to recommend the ordination of female deacons,…
Exclusive In an extensive and exclusive interview with this paper, Archbishop Eamon Martin has said in response to a question on calls by some priests for the sacraments to be taken out of schools that he does “feel that we should try to develop some pilot projects for the sacramental preparation, outside of the school…
Responding to the British Government’s new Legacy Bill which is now before the House of Commons which creates a new Legacy Commission, Baroness Nuala O’Loan argues that while it will have greater independence and much greater powers of investigation of the historic murders and serious crimes of the Troubles, the possible prosecution of former British…
The Allianz insurance company has issued a strong denial of claims it is Israeli owned and that is has business links with Israel. The company which was formerly Church & General in a statement to this paper said: “Allianz P.l.c. is not an Israeli-owned insurance company. Allianz p.l.c is an Irish-incorporated and Irish-regulated entity, authorised…
Bishop slams secularists who sideline Christianity Two Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland have said that the recent Supreme Court ruling on Religious Education (RE) is an important moment for reflection on the place of faith in schools – but not a reason for believers to retreat from public life and have robustly defended Christianity against…
When Belfast priest and board member of the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Fr Tim Bartlett recently suggested that BBC Northern Ireland shows a subconscious bias against Catholics, (and should be investigated) and when Aid to the Church in Need Director Harry Casey speaks of “polite persecution” in Ireland, many Catholics…