The trustees and patrons of Catholic schools are to engage with the Government to safeguard the future of Catholic education, a secondary schools body has announced. The move comes at a time when the Government is coming under increasing pressure from opposition TDs and activists to rush through divestment. The Association of Patrons and Trustees…
It will take “a long time” to come back from floods that devastated businesses and homes in towns in East Cork and West Waterford, a priest in the badly affected town of Midleton has said. Businesses and homes in the East Cork town are facing millions of euros worth of damages from the floods that…
The Government has given £270k to the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain to support its work supporting the faith of the Irish diaspora. The grant came as part of a £6.23 million package from the Department for Foreign Affairs to support the Irish community in Great Britain. A number of other Christian and Catholic organisations received…
Euthanasia undermines foundational principles of Irish life, Bishop Kevin Doran tells Ruadhán Jones Ireland’s political powers are considering legislating to legalise assisted suicide, a move that would have far reaching consequences for Irish life. This comes despite palliative carers and most recently the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland coming out against the practice in a…
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty praised the parish of Graiguecullen-Killeshin, Co. Carlow, for promoting a “preferential option for youth ministry” at the parish’s youth Mass. “The parish of Graiguecullen-Killeshin does youth ministry well,” Bishop Nulty said in his homily in St Clare’s Church, Graiguecullen. “I realise this is very much stating the obvious!…
Biblical scholars have criticised as “lazy” and “clichéd” a remark in the Dáil by An Tánaiste, in which he appeared to equate the Old Testament with violence and division. Speaking about Israel’s response to Hamas’ terrorist attack, An Tánaiste Micheál Martin said that “We don’t need an Old Testament approach to this, rather a New…
The Pianist, about a Polish Jew’s experience of WWII, was a bit of a passion project for its Polish-Jewish director, Roman Polanski. Since coming out in 2002, it has been hailed as a classic. It stars Adrien Brody as pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman, a real-life Holocaust survivor who wrote a memoir also called The…
World Mission Sunday 2023 – Celebrating and Supporting the Legacy of Irish Missionary Work Salesian missionaries proclaim God in word and deed to the marginalised, Fr Dan Carroll SDB tells Ruadhán Jones For almost 150 years, Salesian missionaries have been bringing God’s word and hope to the poorest and most marginalised in society, says Fr…
The Government is giving in to the “ideological colonisation” of developing countries by supporting radical pro-abortion groups such as Planned Parenthood, the Pro Life Campaign’s national conference heard. Hundreds of people attended the conference in the RDS, Dublin, on Saturday, October 14. Keynote speaker Obianuju Ekeocha, founder of Culture of Life Africa, warned that Western…
Proposed exclusion zone legislation aimed at silencing pro-life witness is a “draconian” restriction on free expression and freedom of belief, Bishop Kevin Doran has said.