Society must promote hope, but assisted suicide is a “statement of no hope”, the mother of inspirational teen Donal Walsh told a joint committee considering a bill to legalise euthanasia.
Negotiations between Mary Immaculately College (MIC) and University of Limerick (UL) are yet to settle on a model for a closer alignment between the two colleges.
World-famous musician Kanye West has been spotted wearing a West Belfast Catholic school’s sports jacket in an online video.
The Irish bishops’ conference has called for dioceses and parishes to dedicate time to praying for persecuted Christians and to raise the issue with their political representatives.
While the doors of the Synod on Synodality, taking place in the Vatican October 4-29, are closed to journalists and the public, a group of survivors of sexual abuse anxiously awaits news on how the assembly addresses the clerical sexual abuse that affected their lives so painfully.
At a service marking the one-year anniversary of the tragic explosion in Creeslough, Co. Donegal, Fr John Joe Duffy said the memories of the 10 victims “will be forever held in our hearts”.
A pair of priests have been reported abducted from their parishes in Nicaragua as the country’s increasingly totalitarian regime continues cracking down on the Church and silencing all dissenting voices.
Queen’s University Belfast’s Catholic chaplaincy celebrated their annual dedication of studies Mass on Sunday, October 1.
There are real limits to using consent as a moral benchmark for matters sexual, writes Fr Andrew McMahon
Advocates say getting rid of the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse is a matter of moral justice, but the Archdiocese of Boston says the move will hurt its own efforts to help sexual abuse victims.