Ireland’s Jewish community have engaged Irish politicians and An Garda due to safety concerns following a “ramp up in rhetoric” in the country regarding Israel’s response to a terrorist attack on October 7. Militant group Hamas which controls Gaza – currently under Israeli siege – killed more than 1,400 people in the unprecedented attack. The…
Biblical scholars have criticised as “lazy” and “clichéd” a remark in the Dáil by An Tánaiste, in which he appeared to equate the Old Testament with violence and division. Speaking about Israel’s response to Hamas’ terrorist attack, An Tánaiste Micheál Martin said that “We don’t need an Old Testament approach to this, rather a New…
Charities that support missionary work across the world have said the increase in vocations to Irish missionary orders abroad is “encouraging”, and it could help spread the Faith in Ireland. The National Director of Missio Ireland, Fr Michael Kelly SPS, told The Irish Catholic while most Irish missionaries are elderly and many have retired, “there’s…
A group of 52 Irish pilgrims caught in the Holy Land as war broke out have returned safely to Ireland, with the group’s spiritual director saying that “God’s supporting presence” was very much felt by the pilgrims during their time there. At least 1,400 people were killed and another 3,400 injured in Israel after the militant…
An Irish priest based at Magdala on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in the Holy Land has said that he’s staying put to look after those under his care and provide a prayerful window into the Middle East for those living abroad. Vice director at the Magdala tourist centre in the north of…
A recruitment freeze must not add further pressure to Ireland’s health service, particularly in the context of a growing and aging population and large number of refugees entering Ireland, a hospital chaplain has warned. This comes as the HSE introduced a recruitment freeze which includes junior doctors, clerical, agency and patient staff, healthcare assistants and…
Church leaders in Norway have welcomed the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Jon Fosse, a Catholic convert, predicting the honour could raise Catholicism’s profile in the traditionally Protestant country. “Fosse gives voice, with elegance and beauty, to the mystery of faith… I think our country is blessed to have a poet of…
A rare 15th Century Irish manuscript found in France has recently returned to Ireland and gone on public display. The ‘Rennes Manuscript’ is believed to have been brought to France by either a nobleman or an Irish army officer during the exodus of the ‘Wild Geese’ in the late 17th or early 18th Century. The…
The Government is giving in to the “ideological colonisation” of developing countries by supporting radical pro-abortion groups such as Planned Parenthood, the Pro Life Campaign’s national conference heard. Hundreds of people attended the conference in the RDS, Dublin, on Saturday, October 14. Keynote speaker Obianuju Ekeocha, founder of Culture of Life Africa, warned that Western…
Irish pilgrims in the Holy Land as war broke out this week say they are praying for peace, in the hope that escalating violence will not continue.
Chai Brady
Ruadhán Jones