The UK’s Anscombe Bioethics Centre has hit out against the UK government’s proposal to make the Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for care home staff and other healthcare workers. The Anscombe Bioethics Centre is the national Catholic bioethics centre for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is based in Oxford. In a statement, Director David Jones said…
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‘Unspeakable tragedy’ of misdiagnosis abortion must lead to change, activists say
The Pro-life Campaign (PLC) and Every Life Counts spoke out after liability was admitted by all parties involved in the “dreadful case” of a baby aborted after he was wrongly diagnosed with a life-limiting foetal abnormality
Bishops express thanks for synodal submissions following summer conference
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has expressed its thanks for over 550 Synodal Pathway submissions received over the past months as part of the initial phase of the synodal process. The bishops also decided to establish a Synodal Steering Committee and Synodal Task Group to “help move forward the Synodal Pathway process for Ireland”, the…
‘Betrayed and abandoned’
Priests speak out for fishing communities A number of rural priests have described a sense of betrayal in fishing communities, as well as increasing frustration with the apparent indifference shown by Government to their plight. Speaking to The Irish Catholic Fr John Joe Duffy of Dunfanaghy /Creeslough parish Co. Donegal said the communities feel “betrayed…
‘Political crisis’ in the North is thwarting efforts to address the ‘punitive’ two-child welfare limit
Efforts to address a controversial policy in the North which denies a family child benefit for a third or subsequent child is being delayed due to political turmoil between the DUP and Sinn Féin, according to a law professor in the University of Ulster. The two-child limit came into effect on April 6, 2017 and…
Hailey Bieber doubles down on faith despite fame
Model and media personality Hailey Bieber recently took to YouTube to talk about the difficulty of maintaining faith in the celebrity circles she moves in. Married to pop-superstar Justin Bieber, Ms Bieber said we “work in this industry where I feel like a lot of the time people misunderstand God and believing in Jesus and…
NI Catholics honoured in Queen’s birthday list
The English monarch’s annual birthday honours list released June 11 contained happy surprises for Catholic actors and charity volunteers. Included in the honours list was Derry-born actress and producer Roma Downey OBE, head of the Northern Region of the Irish Pilgrimage Trust Mary (Maureen) Devine and Stephen John McCoy, who has raised funds for the…
Many may be affected by mica without knowing, says Mayo priest
As thousands gathered June 15 to protest for a 100% redress scheme for houses affected by mica and pyrite, a priest in Co. Mayo warned that many more may be affected. Fr Martin Convey of Strade parish Co. Mayo said people and families facing issues with apparent defects in buildings caused by mica and pyrite…
Glenstal monk warns of Church ‘collapse’ due to ‘spiritual famine’
The Irish Church faces “collapse” if the Faithful don’t do “something daring and immediate”, according to the former abbot of Glenstal in Limerick in his new book. In Crimson and Gold – Life as a Limerick, Dom Mark Patrick Hederman OSB says there is a “famine in the land”. “People all over this country, and,…
Irish bishop criticises ‘one-sided’ EU abortion draft resolution
Bishop Noel Treanor of Down and Connor, who is vice-president of an EU bishops’ body, has defended the “fundamental right” to conscientious objection against abortion, as a draft EU resolution “questions the mere existence” of this right. The European Parliament Plenary (EPP) is to vote on a resolution to adopt a report on abortion that…