Chai BradyThe 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.
Youth sex assaults show pornography’s corruption – bishop
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Education minister plans national survey to test waters for divestment
Ruadhán Jones
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 Derry diocese students receive JPII Awards
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…
Accord prepared 7,262 couples for marriage across Ireland in 2023
Brandon Scott
New data from Accord, the agency of the Irish bishops’ conference concerned with supporting the sacrament of marriage, shows that 7,262 couples were prepared for the Sacrament of marriage across the island of Ireland in 2023, and the figure for 2022 was 7,470 couples.
Taylor Swift’s traditional Catholic Super Bowl
Speculation has been stirred about pop-superstar Taylor Swift’s Catholic future after she was pictured celebrating at the recent Super Bowl with two celebrity Catholics.
‘Very difficult’ for assisted dying committee to compile report
It will be “very, very difficult” for the assisted dying committee to reach a unanimous position, the chair of the committee TD Michael Healy-Rae has said.
Bishop Cullinan extends support to community after tragic death of young boy
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore extended his support to the local community of Dunmore East in Co. Waterford after the tragic death of 6 year-old Matthew Purcell-Healy, whose body was found in a car in the early hours of last Thursday. Gardaí are currently probing if the schoolboy died by suffocation.
Dominicans celebrate 800 years of prayerful presence in Ireland
The Master of the Dominican Order was in Dublin on Sunday to help commemorate the eighth centenary of the arrival of the Dominican Order in Ireland.
Govt snub for women religious on St Brigid’s day ‘very sad’
Ruadhán Jones and Chai Brady The Government has been accused of “omitting” the “gigantic” contribution of women religious from its official programme for St Brigid’s day, with just one event in Irish embassies across the world acknowledging their work. Women religious and missionaries told The Irish Catholic that the State’s “blindness” towards the work of…
John Bruton a ‘committed Christian’
Former Taoiseach John Bruton, who died on Tuesday aged 76 after a long illness, has been remembered for his “profound Christian faith” and “compassionate” leadership. A man of “deep conviction and profound Christian faith, John realised from an early age that the future of Ireland and the future of Europe were inseparable,” Archbishop of Dublin…