Dear Editor, Marriage and society are being re-defined. Those who do not accept homosexual behaviour as normative are legally being forced to embrace the rationalisation or be silent in the face of it. Those who oppose homosexual acts are being labelled homophobes and it is these that are becoming the victims of hatred. What better…
Paul Keenan
Pope Francis and renewing Catholic Ireland
Dear Editor, The missed element in Andrew O’Connell’s Notebook ‘Revisiting the legacy of the papal visit’ (IC 15/5/14) is the question as to whether a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis could lead to the same effect on people here as that most memorable 1979 visit undertaken by now St John Paul II. Quite rightly…
Quotes of the Week May 29
“The situation remains tense, because it is not clear what lies beneath and what the various militias want to do. I have never found myself in such a critical situation. We hope common sense prevails. Pray for us, because the only force is that of prayer that moves the hearts of people.” Bishop Giovanni Martinelli,…
Lawyer lodges death sentence appeal in Sudan apostasy case
Death sentence woman gives birth
Catholic nun dies in mugging in Malaysia
Nun never woke from coma
Homelessness at ‘crisis point’ – Br Kevin Crowley
Homelessness in Ireland has reached its worst crisis point in 45 years, Br Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre has warned. “We have more people at risk of dying on the side of the road than when we started the Centre in 1969,” the Capuchin said. Describing himself as “appalled” that the State’s current…
Roscrea to offer ‘monastic weekend’
The renowned Cistercian monastery, Mount St Joseph Abbey in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, is to open its doors this month to those interested in experiencing monastic life. Extending an invitation to “experience the rhythm of monastic life” for one weekend, June 6-8, Mount St Joseph is to welcome men aged 20 to 40 interested in seeing…
Irish abuse survivors to meet with Pope
Abuse survivor Marie Collins has hailed Pope Francis’ decision to meet with abuse survivors in Rome next week. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week following the Pope’s announcement – during his flight from the Holy Land – that he would welcome a delegation of victims from Ireland, England and Germany to the Vatican, Mrs…
Priest helped crash widow to forgive
Elber Twomey recounts 2012 tragedy
Vocations need more effort
Dear Editor, What a sad convergence of news Ireland’s faithful faced last week. Hot on the heels of criticism levelled by the former National Coordinator for Diocesan Vocations, Fr Paddy Rushe, (IC 22/5/14) on an apparent lack of Church focus on promoting vocations came news of the closure of All Hallows College after 172 years…