The US hierarchy can work with Donald Trump, writes Paul Keenan

The late performer Leonard Cohen touched so many people with his music due to his search for spiritual fulfilment through the medium, broadcaster Fr Brian D’Arcy has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week about the impact of Leonard Cohen’s life, apparent in the global outpouring of grief and tributes that followed his November…

A campaigning Northern Ireland priest, most recently known for his public arguments against a hard border in the wake of Britain’s ‘Brexit’ vote, has suffered a serious vandal attack on his home in Co. Fermanagh. The parochial house of Fr Joe McVeigh in Lisbellaw, in the parish of Enniskillen, was targeted on November 13 in…

Rock and Roll superstar Bruce Springsteen has spoken candidly of how his faith upbringing in a staunchly Catholic family has shaped his life and work. Speaking during an interview with RTÉ’s Late Late Show, the songwriter responsible for such hits as Born in the USA, Hungry Heart and Thunder Road admitted that religion was “a…

The family at the centre of the Ashers Bakery case has sent a message of thanks to the thousands of supporters in Northern Ireland who stood with them throughout the so-called ‘gay cake’ row. In a letter to churches and individual backers, Daniel McArthur, the general manager of Ashers, wrote: “I write to say how…

Belfast-based priests and lay volunteers will accept the challenge of Pope Francis to bring the Gospel to people where they are with an ambitious plan to reach-out to pre-Christmas shoppers. Clonard Redemptorists have announced that the Kennedy Shopping Centre will host a ‘Mercy Tent’ on November 18 and 19, allowing busy shoppers to take time…

A Baptist church in the US state of Mississippi has become the focal point for goodwill across the world after it was the scene of an arson attack on November 1. Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville was gutted by a fire which took responding firefighters some hours to completely control. Investigators subsequently found evidence…

A Capuchin friar famed for his work with Dublin’s homeless and vulnerable has warned that poverty levels in the capital are comparable to those of 1916.   Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week, Br Kevin Crowley described the situation for the poor in Dublin as“a disaster”.   “In 1916 we had poverty,” he said,…

A former leading member of Sinn Féin has revealed she has quit the party over its pro-abortion stance. Speaking last weekend after the first meeting of Cherish All The Children Equally, a new cross-border pro-life lobby group, Anne Brolly said Sinn Féin’s 2015 motion to support abortion access in cases of foetal abnormality “was a…

The initiative launched by the son of Munster legend Anthony ‘Axel’ Foley to get people going back to Mass has been met with huge support across Ireland and beyond. Eleven-year-old Tony set up a Facebook page in honour of his father to appeal to people to attend Mass for eight Sundays to Christmas to remember…