A statue of St Patrick saved from destruction in Co. Leitrim is on its was to a new home in Bangkok, Thailand, after its rescue by a local historian and a special fundraiser to erect it at a Catholic-run charity in the Thai capital. ‘St Patrick of Gortletteragh’, originally commissioned for the village’s parish church…
Paul Keenan
Prominent Republican Anne Brolly quits pro-abortion Sinn Féin
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…
Faith sustained Irish Hospice founder through final illness
Dr Mary Redmond, founder of the Irish Hospice Foundation, was sustained through her terminal illness by the strength of her faith, her son has revealed. Speaking at a gala dinner in honour of his late mother on October 21, Patrick Ussher said that when she received the devastating news of cancer, she decided to “surrender…
State warned against funding cuts to Catholic schools
Claim that NI schools are divisive rejected
Call for change in equality law following Ashers Bakery case
There have been calls for a change to “oppressive” equality legislation in Northern Ireland in the wake of the failed Ashers Bakery appeal. Following a decision by the Appeals Court in Belfast to uphold a discrimination finding against the McArthur family in refusing to decorate a cake in support of same-sex marriage, the Christian Institute,…
Inclusion of abortion campaigner on Citizens’ Assembly criticised
The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has expressed concern at the inclusion in last weekend’s Citizens’ Assembly meeting of a pro-abortion campaigner who “plans to politicise” the process. As the 99 members of the assembly gathered in Dublin Castle, the PLC revealed that “a very prominent pro-choice campaigner has been tweeting about his membership of the…
Poet Kennelly reveals his faith and love for the ‘music of prayer’
Famed Irish poet Brendan Kennelly has said he prays the Rosary every day and loves the “music of prayer”. Ahead of events to mark his 80th year, Kennelly was the subject of a broad-ranging interview on RTÉ Radio, during which he spoke of his roots in Co. Kerry, his calling as a poet and the…
Dublin parish celebrates its new Vatican Cardinal
“We’re claiming him for Drimnagh” – PP
Priest urges a ‘valuing’ of the Travelling community
“More is needed” in helping the Travelling community to overcome the prejudice they suffer, a priest working with the community has said. Speaking during a memorial Mass for the first anniversary of the Carrickmines tragedy, in which 10 people died, Fr Derek Farrell, parish priest to the Travelling People said the devastating event should have…
Christians in the eye of the storm
The Church sees no division in a disputed land, writes Paul Keenan