Barrister Caroline Haughey OBE KC, born in Northern Ireland, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by a Catholic college in recognition of her work tackling human trafficking. Ms Haughey specialises in modern slavery and human trafficking cases and has supported the Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitation and Abuse, based in St Mary’s University…
The Charities Regulator’s report shows a rise in the number of religious charities, writes Ruadhán Jones The number of religious charities registered with the Charities Regulator is up by 388, the regulator’s report for 2022 shows. In 2022, there were 1,590 charities whose main goal was the “advancement of religion”, up from 1,202 from 2021.…
Knock basilica was packed out for celebrations for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on Sunday, July 23. Many generations of families, great-grandparents down to little children, from across Ireland and the world were represented at the pilgrimage. Bishop Denis Nulty of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin celebrated Mass, while Dana Rosemary…
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem – Lieutenancy of Ireland gained 12 new members at its annual investiture ceremony on Saturday, July 22. The four dames and eight knights were invested by the order’s Grand Prior Cardinal Sean Brady GCHS at St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth. In attendance were Mr Sami El-Yousef,…
The man tasked with transforming the Church’s approach to child protection has warned that Irish society will continue to fail vulnerable children unless we learn lessons from past mishandling of abuse. Ian Elliott, who as head of the National Board for Safeguarding Children, was credited with transforming the culture of accountability around abuse and ensuring…
Senior management at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) have remained tight lipped over staff concerns about a suspended recruitment process. The college has refused to respond to repeated queries from The Irish Catholic as staff said they were “frustrated” that they had little opportunity for input into the recruitment process for a new head of theology.…
Ireland must use its “moral authority” to speak up for persecuted Christians, politicians have said, urging the Tánaiste to raise the issue at September’s UN Assembly. Ireland must lend its voice to calls to end Christian persecution, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan told The Irish Catholic. His comments come after representatives of…
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…
Over the coming months, the outcome of deliberations in Mary Immaculate College (MIC) will have far-reaching consequences for Catholic education in Ireland. As it stands, MIC is one of the last – if not the last – third level Catholic college that is entirely publicly funded. At the start of this year, there were three,…
Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Kenneth Nowakowksi visited the Irish chaplaincy for Ukrainians in Dublin, celebrating the Divine Liturgy for the local community on Sunday, July 16. Bishop Nowakowski, the Apostolic Visitor for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland, joined chaplain Fr Vasyl Kornitsky for the celebration in Our Lady of Consolation, Donnycarney, Dublin. The chaplaincy’s…