An expert in Catholic education has hit back at “lazy” and “dangerous” myths perpetuated against Catholic education. Referencing Catholic education as ‘segregated’ or ‘an apartheid schooling system’ reinforces division and is “harmful to both the individual and social cohesion”, school chaplain and education expert Dr Aidan Donaldson has said. These arguments are “lazy and prejudicial”,…
Acclaimed German-Irish sculptor Imogen Stuart, who produced a sculpture of Pope John Paul II, located in St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, and the altar and baptismal font of the Honan Chapel on the grounds of University College Cork, died last Monday at age 96. Born in Berlin, Ms Stuart was the daughter of art critic…
A woman in Limerick nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy three days after having a medical abortion, a paper in the Irish Medical Journal shows. As no ultrasound was conducted, a situation developed in which the 24-year-old woman in question had a medical termination, before being treated in hospital three days later for an ectopic…
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is set to finally be completed by 2026, a whole 144 years since work on the monumental basilica started. Designed by celebrated Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, who is buried in the church’s crypt, the world-renowned piece of architecture is famously unfinished. According to La Sagrada Familia Foundation, the organisation tasked with the…
The Church is better at saying sorry for instances of abuse, a study from Queens University Belfast has found. The QUB report on Church documents from March 2020 to February 2023 concludes that apologies offered during this time “do not offer excuses or create scapegoats”. “They are usually very detailed, with acceptance of full culpability…
EXCLUSIVE True witness to the Faith is the answer to declining vocations in Ireland, not married priests, the Vatican’s cardinal for clergy has insisted during a visit to Knock shrine, Co. Mayo. Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy told The Irish Catholic that there are those who call for an…
The Church in Ireland’s safeguarding culture and structures have “greatly improved” in the past 10 years, according to a report from the national safeguarding body. “A lot of progress has been made, and plans are in place to advance this further,” the overview report from the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church…
Christians in the birthplace of Christ hope for the return of Irish pilgrims after a plea from a Palestinian bishop to support for the local Christian population. Bethlehem Christians are “still in darkness” due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, but they hope to see pilgrims return soon, local guides and shop owners told The Irish…
Pope Francis has shot down claims that he is planning giving women and laity a say in the vote to elect a pope. Speaking in his recently released biography Life, the Pope described as “fantasy” reports from “some American media outlets” that he intended to change the rules around the conclave to give nuns and…
There is “concern” and “frustration” in the Dublin parish where a tent city of asylum seekers has cropped up due to lack of accommodation, according to the parish priest. Fr Enda Cunningham, Administrator of Westland Row parish, spoke to The Irish Catholic about the controversial settlement of people seeking international protection on Mount Street, outside…
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