Nuncio denied access to arrested cleric

“The New Mass is bad, it is evil.” Bishop Bernard Fellay of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) once again denounces Vatican II and its tenets during an address in the United States.   “I hope to sign the peace agreement with Israel with this pen.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking of the pen…

Community suspicious of Western intentions

France – A fraud conviction previously handed down on the Church of Scientology in the country has been upheld on appeal. Dating from 2009, the case against the church for organised fraud had left the body facing €600,000 in fines for gaining payments from adherents under false pretences in the 1990s. The case is seen…

Equality Authority accused of rushing employment amendment process

Cleric recovering after savage beating

Hundreds of people gathered in Belfast city centre last Saturday to ‘Witness to Life’ during an event marking the first anniversary of the establishment of a Marie Stopes clinic there. Organised by the pro-life group Precious Life, the event drew participants from across Ireland who back Precious Life’s campaign to force the closure of the…

Sunday service plan ‘solid and sensible’

The Church of Ireland has become embroiled in a major internal row following allegations of sectarianism from one of its leading prelates. Last week, as he addressed annual diocesan synods of his Church, Archbishop Michael Jackson of Dublin related his own “bitter experience” of sectarianism within his Church, stressing that “sectarianism is alive” in the…

RTÉ broadcaster Marty Whelan has spoken of the strength he gained from his faith following the recent death of his mother. Speaking on the last episode of Beyond Belief for this season, to be broadcast on RTÉ 1 next Monday night, Whelan says: “I am a believer, absolutely. I have a great faith in God.”…