Children as young as seven are being exposed to “frightening” drugs and drug paraphernalia on the grounds of a Belfast cathedral due to the activity of addicts in the area, a local youth leader has warned. Parents were warned that needles, tablets and other substances were found on the grounds of St Peter’s Cathedral, near…
Fewer children, shuttered schools and universities and the promotion of pet ownership over and above the formation of families are but a few effects of South Korea’s plunging childbirth rate, according to Seoul-based Irish Columban, Fr Donal O’Keeffe. This comes even as Irish birthrates continue to fall, well below the replacement level 2.1 children per…
Vice-president of Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Niamh Hourigan is set to run for the Labour party for a seat in the European parliamentary elections. The academic and social commentator’s candidacy was announced on Sunday at a convention in the Metropole Hotel in Cork City. Responding to the news, the vice president of academic affairs at…
Publishers and authors have described the announcement that Veritas, the publishing arm of the Irish bishops’ conference, is to wind down this year with the loss of 80 jobs as a “huge loss”.
Parishes and dioceses across the North are promoting foster care as the Health & Social care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) has warned of “significant challenges” in identifying families from a Catholic background willing to foster or adopt children.
Politicians in the North of Ireland must work against people stuck in the “dark ages” who want to stop Catholics joining the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), a superintendent has insisted.
A Nigerian priest living in Ireland has welcomed the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution condemning violence targeting Christians in Nigeria that took place over Christmas but has said that action rather than words is needed.
The biggest danger to young people in terms of sexual abuse comes from their classmates, not “dirty old men around the corner”, Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry diocese has warned.
The Department for Education is planning a national survey of parents of primary and pre-school age children to test the waters for divestment in the primary sector.
Almost 400 young people from Derry diocese received the Pope John Paul II Award at a ceremony in St Eugene’s Cathedral on February 7. The guest speaker, Alexander McLean alongside Bishop Donal McKeown, patron of the Award, presented the Award to 381 young people from all over the diocese of Derry and beyond. Three people…
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