The spiritual directors have been confirmed for the annual Christian Solidarity Pilgrimages to the Holy Land organised by The Irish Catholic. This year will see two groups of pilgrims depart on the unforgettable trip to walk in the footsteps of Jesus. The first group will depart Dublin on October 1 led by Wexford-based priest Fr…
100 years on… Threats to Catholic education alarmed this paper as the first Dáil met, writes Gabriel Doherty “We have seen no reason to change our opinion as to the indefensibility from the point of view of Catholic morality of the Rebellion of 1916, nor can any after events, however deplorable, be made to…
A vision of community life for today’s dedicated Christians isn’t about taking to the hills, Rod Dreher tells Greg Daly “How can we say that the Church wishes to bring us back into the Dark Ages?” asked GK Chesterton in 1908’s Orthodoxy, answering his rhetorical question with the observation that “The Church was the…
100 years on… This paper believed President Wilson would support Ireland and Poland in the same way, writes Gabriel Doherty Given that the Versailles Peace Conference formally convened on the same day that The Irish Catholic of January 18, 1919 appeared, it was inevitable that the paper would give it pride of place in…
Catholics can’t retreat from the world, Kees de Groot tells Susan Gately The Church should not be focussed on ‘maintenance’ as an organisation, but members should try to fulfil their vocations as human beings in the world, believing the “future is in God’s hands and we are not required to save the Church”, according to…
Developments in Artificial Intelligence pose challenges which the Church can help us answer, writes David Mullins It is probably fair to say that for most people, Artificial Intelligence is a concept whose meaning and relevance is still firmly located within the pages of dystopian fiction or vaguely remembered plot lines from half-baked – if…
100 years on… This paper kept its powder dry on the national question in the aftermath of the 1918 election result, writes Gabriel Doherty The Irish Catholic of January 11, 1919 was very much a tale of three republics – one (Irish) in the process of creation, the other two (French and American) already…
A homily has the power to inspire and evangelise, writes Susan Gately The Pope recounts that a priest told him once, that on a visit home, his father said gleefully: “You know, I’m happy, because my friends and I have found a church where there is Mass with no sermon!” The anecdote was part…
100 years on… This paper almost wholly glossed over the end of the home rule party, writes Gabriel Doherty Perhaps the most telling aspect of the judgement of The Irish Catholic on the outcome of the 1918 General Election, as revealed in its edition of January 4, 1919, was that the verdict of the…
State Papers: Secrets of the powers that be Peter Costello reports from the National Archives of Ireland on the release under the 30-year rule of confidential state files from 1988 On Wednesday (January 2) the National Archive made available to the public under the 30-year-rule State files from various government departments from 1986 and…
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