After overcoming a spike in cases in January, Malawi is “hopeful” of continued improvement as vaccines start to arrive, says Bishop John Ryan of Mzuzu Diocese. Bishop Ryan, a St Patrick’s Missionary, has been bishop in Mzuzu since 2016 and told The Irish Catholic that the situation there “is not as bad as in Europe”.…
Personal Profile When Catholics are in school or college, they receive education on the Catholic Faith and have ready-made Faith communities. When they leave school for the world of work, this access to education and community can fall away. This was the experience of Patrick Edmund McCormick Williams, an Austrian Catholic who moved to Ireland…
The bishops and archbishop of Tuam have “expressed concern” that public worship may not be available “for months to come” under the Government’s five stage plan
Up to 4.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Tigray, north Ethiopia, causing “catastrophic” destitution, according to Irish charity Mary’s Meals. The charity has launched an appeal to support those without access to food, shelter and medicine. The displacement is the result of conflict between the Ethiopian government and military forces…
It’s important nations “work together” and not hoard vaccines, said Bishop Denis Nulty, as he warned that the Covid-19 pandemic can only end once everyone is vaccinated. That bishop’s call comes as figures reveal that the EU, US and Japan have purchased one billion more vaccine doses than their population needs. “It’s crucial ethical question…
A bill that would ban abortion of people with disabilities has split the pro-life camp, writes Ruadhán Jones Early last week, the DUP announced that it would propose a bill seeking to outlaw abortions on children with disabilities such as Down Syndrome, cleft palate and club foot in the North. The Severe Foetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment)…
English Catholic poet Sally Read, tells Ruadhán Jones what Catholicism taught her about life and art Can you remember what you were doing this time 11 years ago? Early spring of 2010 was cold and blustery; or was it? Did I go for a trip away, was I busy with work? Seasons come and go…
Personal Profile Canon Brendan Murray’s career as a priest began in 1957 and has spanned six decades of momentous change on the island of Ireland, some for better, some for worse. “I grew up in a different age from the present one, where religion was accepted simply as a matter of fact,” Fr Murray tells…
For believers, the ability to practice their faith and receive spiritual guidance are “the highest of essential services”
Health authorities should make vaccines available for carers, chaplains and priests who conduct funerals “as a matter of priority”, the Council for Healthcare of the Bishops’ Conference has said