A new place of mission and evangelisation for young people in Ireland has been officially opened in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. The Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown, formally opened Holy Family Mission at Co. Waterford’s Glencomeragh House on Friday, December 2, saying it was an honour officially to launch such a…
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Focusing on the person before you
Gena Heraty talks to Greg Daly about making a difference in Haiti
Church urged to ‘step up to the plate’ and defend North’s unborn
The Catholic Church needs to speak up for Northern Ireland’s unborn children ahead of the biggest threat they have faced in years, a leading campaigner has said. “We’re very hopeful that the Church will make a public statement in regard to this latest threat to Northern Ireland’s unborn children,” Precious Life founder Bernadette Smyth told…
Capuchins back down from suggestions of 1916 surrender letter theft
Ireland’s Capuchins have backed down from intimations that a 1916 surrender letter by Patrick Pearse, put forward for sale by auction this week, was improperly removed from the order’s archives. The letter, described by Adams Auctioneers as “the most significant Irish document to be offered for sale”, directed Cmdt Edward Daly, leading the Volunteers’ First…
The real pain behind an overblown scandal
Greg Daly examines the State’s latest report into symphysiotomy
Persecution report key to halting global violence – bishop
A new report into religious persecution worldwide is an important tool for breaking the cycle of violence that threatens to engulf our world, Dromore’s Bishop John McAreavey has said. Speaking at the Irish launch of Aid to the Church in Need’s Religious Freedom in the World Report – 2016, Bishop McAreavey called on those who…
Experts welcome dilution of world religions proposals
Experts in religious education have welcomed reports that Government education advisers are scaling back plans for a new primary school curriculum in world religions and ethics. A report from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), currently with Education Minister Richard Bruton and based upon a public consultation process on the NCCA’s proposals for…
Priests at risk: problems and practicalities
Greg Daly attends the AGM of the Association of Catholic Priests
Church leaders reject claim of priests’ pension time bomb
Irish bishops have rejected claims that clergy are facing into a retirement black hole due to falling parish collections. Fr Gerry O’Connor of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) told The Irish Catholic that “Dioceses which are experiencing a decline in revenue from collections are saying to elderly priests: ‘we may not be able to…
The cardinals America needs
“America’s Church will most need prominent voices seen as champions of immigrants and the poor…” writes Greg Daly