Following calls from the Irish Redemptorists for the Vatican to reinstate a priest removed from ministry, a theologian has raised concerns that he is still “at loggerheads with several important Church teachings”. Fr Tony Flannery CSsR was suspended from public ministry by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2012, with that dicastery…
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Collusive behaviour revealed in murder of 11 Catholics
Staff reporter The Police Ombudsman has found “collusive behaviour” by police in 11 loyalist murders in the North, including the 1992 attack at the Sean Graham betting shop. A report by Marie Anderson also identified “significant” investigative and intelligence failures. She said it was “totally unacceptable” that police used informants within the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)…
Youth 2000 gears up for first post-pandemic Valentine’s ball
Catholic youth group Youth 2000 is “delighted and really excited” to be welcoming young Catholics back to their first major in-person event since March 2020, National Administrator for the group, Emma Maloney told this paper. Ms Maloney said the pandemic made it “very hard for single Catholics for the last two years to get out…
Renewing the Faith under St Patrick
Staff reporter The Pope’s representative in Ireland has thrown his weight behind a new initiative for the renewal of faith through an all-island novena which follows in the steps of St Patrick. Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo visited St Patrick’s Church in Saul on the feast of Candlemas as part of a St Patrick’s novena. Archbishop…
First Irish Redemptorist reaches 100
Born in the same year as the Irish Free State came into existence, Fr Tony Mulvey CSsR is the first Irish Redemptorist to reach 100 years of age. But achieving this milestone doesn’t mean he has retired, he insists. “There’s no retirement for Redemptorists. The only place you retire is into the box when you’re…
In Short
Cork school celebrates Ceist’s 15th anniversary On February 1, St Brigid’s Day, St Mary’s High School, Midleton in Co. Cork celebrated the 15th anniversary of the foundation of Ceist. To celebrate the occasion a representative group from St Mary’s visited the Presentation Sisters in the convent adjacent to the school. A spokesperson said: “Ceist post-primary…
78% back Church role in schools
The voices of the silent majority of parents who want to send their child to a local parish school must be heard in the ongoing debate on education, the head of a group representing Catholic schools has insisted. This comes following revelations that 78% of people support the Church having a role in continuing to…
Ukrainian Catholic community lifted by Irish support
The Ukrainian Catholic community in Ireland have been taking “enormous” solace in the concern shown by Irish people about the widely-reported threat Russia poses their country, Fr Vasyl Kornitsky, chaplain to the Ukrainian community has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fr Kornitsky expressed gratitude for “how supportive, how caring the Irish community has been”. “Every…
Psychotherapist warns ‘doomsday’ news cycle is harming anxious adolescents
The relentlessness of 24 hour news cycles has created a sense of panic among young people, psychotherapist and author of Fragile, Stella O’Malley has said. Ms O’Malley said this has been particularly acute in the reportage of the climate crisis, the Covid pandemic, and more recently the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. This comes following a major report…
Renowned Irish Dominican fears synodal overfocus on organisation and management
Staff reporter Prominent theologian and author Rev. Dr Vivian Boland OP has warned that the synodal process the Church is embarking upon may focus too much on “organisation and management”. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper Dr Boland said it would be useful for the synodal process to consider the entirety of the Church rather…