Mary Lou Quinlan tells Greg Daly about a remarkable testimony to her mother’s love
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Abortion/mental health conference claims ‘balance’
A Dublin conference aimed towards doctors and lawyers is to explore the issues of abortion and mental health in a balanced way, organisers say, despite promotional material suggesting that a prominent pro-choice advocate will be the conference’s sole speaker. The November 17 Abortion & Mental Health Conference “will deliver a balanced discussion covering the various…
Bishop calls for ‘Sunday school’ style parish lessons
A ‘Sunday school’ model of catechesis could play a key role in helping parishes raise young people in the Faith, Limerick’s Bishop Brendan Leahy has said. The bishop told The Irish Catholic that while good work has been done in the Irish Church since the introduction five years ago of ‘Share the Good News’, the…
North feels ‘forced out of EU’ by Brexit, Bishop warns
Fears move will damage economy
Pro-life medical professionals must speak up
The voices of medical professionals who believe Ireland’s constitutional protections for the unborn should be retained need to be heard, a leading member of the Irish Medical Council (IMC) has said. Writing in The Irish Medical Times, Drogheda-based GP Dr Ruairi Hanley says: “A new, dogmatic liberal consensus seems to be dominating all discourse, as…
See the face of God and live…
Greg Daly learns how one Dublin parish is marking the Jubilee year with a special exhibition devoted to the face of Christ
Repeal would mean ‘abortion on demand’
Abortion on demand would be the inevitable effect of repealing the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, a leading academic has said. The most obvious legal interpretation of any vote to remove article 40.3.3 from Bunreacht na hÉireann would be that the people had chosen to abolish constitutional protections for the unborn, according to Prof. Gerry…
Ordination was an inspiring and inclusive affair
The installation of Fr Fintan Monahan as Bishop of Killaloe could hardly have been a more inclusive affair, and that’s how Ireland’s newest bishop wanted it – a big believer in episcopal consultation, he made it clear in advance of his ordination Mass that he wanted his ceremonial installation as bishop to draw together all…
Bishop Fintan: Ready to meet new challenges
Greg Daly talks to Bishop Fintan Monahan
Homeless plans ‘not ambitious enough for Ireland’s children’
The Government’s plans to tackle homelessness do not do enough to address the issue of family homelessness, a leading campaigner has said. Speaking at the Focus Ireland Conference, the charity’s founder Sr Stanislaus Kennedy said ‘Rebuilding Ireland’, the Government’s action plan on homelessness and housing, is “welcome and ambitious”, but insufficiently ambitious for the needs…