Ireland is facing a severe housing crisis, with more people than ever before experiencing homelessness. This has placed tremendous pressure on services across the country. Respond works tirelessly, with their statutory partners to provide affordable homes and essential community services, helping families and individuals in desperate need. How your gift can make a difference: By…

Trócaire has launched this year’s range of sustainable and ethical gifts for Christmas. The ‘Gifts of Change’ range receives incredible support every year from people in Ireland and is a fantastic way to contribute to Trócaire’s work in some of the world’s most fragile countries. Over one million life-changing gifts have been purchased by the…

Gender inequality and women’s rights in South Sudan are still a great issue. According to UNESCO, the literacy rate in South Sudan for women aged 15+ was 28.9% in 2022, compared to 40.3% for men. Many charities and missionaries are working tirelessly to improve women’s rights in that country. Sr Jacinta Prunty, a Holy Faith Sister…

Over 10,000 Christians from various denominations across Ireland gathered in Dublin for the ‘March for Jesus’ last Saturday, October 26. Starting from the Garden of Remembrance, the faithful walked through the heart of the city before reaching Leinster House, where prayers, hymns, and speeches took place. Jennifer, one of the attendees of this march shared…

The Archdiocese of Armagh has recently begun a special fundraising campaign to raise much needed funds for the maintenance and repair of St Patrick’s Cathedral, a project that is as much about the vital handing on of the Faith than mere architectural aesthetics, according to Parish Administrator Fr Barry Matthews.   Speaking to The Irish Catholic,…

10 years on it is a strange but privileged vocation to be a bishop nowadays, Archbishop Eamon Martin tells Chai Brady  The Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh was one of the last bishops to be appointed by Pope Benedict in January 2013, he says someone quipped that the former pope then “took…

Ireland has a long history in the Catholic Church’s mission of evangelisation, a role that has left its mark not only within the country but across the globe. From Africa to South America, from India to Korea, Irish missionaries have spread the Christian faith. Paul J. Kim, a sought-after Catholic speaker, shares a personal perspective…

The relics of St Bernadette continue to draw thousands of faithful across Ireland, with a recent stop attracting parishioners from the Dioceses of Down and Connor, Dromore, Armagh, and Meath. Many travelled long distances to participate in a time of devotion and prayer.  James Tourish, a first-year student at Queen’s University Belfast, was responsible for…

World Mission Sunday A Day of Celebration and Renewed Support for Missions Worldwide Sr Jo McCarthy I was a missionary in a remote part of the Andes mountains in Peru from 1990 to 1993 during the revolutionary campaign carried out by the Shining Path terrorist group, whose aim was to destroy Peru’s governmental and social…