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…
Paul Keenan
Gardaí urge caution after latest priest attack
Cleric recovering after savage beating
Faith schools face fresh ‘attack’
Equality Authority accused of rushing employment amendment process
Court uphold Scientology conviction
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…
Syrian Christians ask for Russian citizenship
Community suspicious of Western intentions
Vatican to host Family Synod
Vatican – The 12th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family will take place in Rome this October 23-25. The event will focus on the theme 'Family, Live the Joy of Faith' and will include a pilgrimage of families to the tomb of St Peter for the Year of Faith. "We wish to…
Quotes of the Week October 17
“The lack of security that prevails in Libya has as a consequence that most religious communities that came to work in public health at the request of the Libyan authorities have been asked to leave the country.” Archbishop Vincent Landel of Rabat, Morocco, reports the grim situation for Christians in Libya during his recent visit…
Turning the abortion tide
American pro-life ‘veteran’ Steven Ertelt, was in Dublin for the PLC National Conference. He spoke with Paul Keenan
PLC accuses Irish Times of ‘rush to judgement’ on Savita
The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has accused The Irish Times of “a rush to judgement” in linking the death of Savita Halappanavar to the issue of Ireland’s abortion laws. In the wake of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report on the October 2012 death of the expectant mother at Galway’s University Hospital, the…
Church attacked for sixth time this year
A parish priest in Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim has described as “exasperating” the sixth act of vandalism against his church since the start of the year. Speaking to The Irish Catholic following his discovery of the latest paint attack on St Mary’s Star of the Sea, Fr Anthony Alexander expressed his sadness at the repeated targeting…