Changes made to the Irish Medical Council’s ethics guide for doctors is not “taking a stance or paving the way” for the introduction of legal euthanasia in Ireland, the council have insisted. In the 9th edition of the IMC’s Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics, the sentence “You must not take part in the deliberate…
Trócaire has raised concerns following the decision by several donor countries to remove funding from a UN agency assisting Palestinians suffering in Gaza, after it was reported several terrorists and Islamist militants were employed by the agency. An Israeli intel report sent to the US stated that 10% of all UNWRA employees in Gaza have…
Chaplaincy provides a “safe space” for prisoners to share concerns and worries, an inspector’s report for Mountjoy Female Prison has shown. The report also raised concerns about the fact that there was only one full-time chaplain available to the women. “The women welcomed the support provided by chaplaincy,” according to the Inspection report from the…
Focus Ireland have warned that despite the number of people in homelessness dropping in December, there was a 14% increase in homelessness over the last year. Focus Ireland CEO Pat Dennigan said: “The fall in homelessness in December is very welcome and we hope this trend continues. However, it would be remiss of us not…
Aontú TD for Meath-West Peadar Tóibín, has hailed the “enormous work” being done by religious leaders in Ireland – including the work of a 94 year-old nun who was recently awarded an honour for a lifetime of humanitarian work – and insisted that politicians can learn from the actions of the religious at the coalface…
There was “great joy” in the Capuchin Friary on Church Street, Dublin as Bro. Antony Kurian OFM Cap. was ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell. Any day when “we make a profound commitment” is a day “rooted in hope”, the archbishop said in his homily for the ordination on January 28.…
St Brigid, one of the three patron saints of Ireland, returned home to Kildare town 1,500 years after her death on Sunday, January 28. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty received the relic of a bone fragment from her skull, contained inside a specially commissioned silver representation of an oak tree in a red…
The Government must expand any further inquiries into abuse at schools to include the Department of Education and the education system as a whole to achieve “justice for all” religious have warned. The call comes as a scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by religious orders moves forward, led…
Following the news that the Finnish state prosecutor will appeal against the second unanimous court decision which exonerated an MP of “hate speech” allegations for sharing faith-based beliefs, an Irish lawyer has said that it shows a “liberal, European” country is capable of “targeting and prosecuting” people over widely-held Christian beliefs. Former MP Päivi Räsänen…
Relics of St Brigid are to return to her native Co. Kildare for the first time in centuries to mark the 1,500th anniversary of her death. The relics will return to Kildare on Sunday, January 28, starting with a procession from the Solas Bhride Centre run by the Brigidine Sisters to St Brigid’s Parish Church…
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