Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has revealed that over 8,500 women availed of abortion services in Ireland in 2022. Minister Donnelly revealed the figure on April 4 on RTÉ Radio One’s News at One programme, which sees the number of abortions carried out in Ireland since the law became operational rise to around 28,500. Reacting…
Catholic third-level institution Carlow College, St Patrick’s must address its “overall sustainability”, as engagement on integration continues, Minister Simon Harris has said. The college is engaging in talks with South East Technological University (SETU) on potential incorporation, after the Department for Higher Education increased funding to help “stabilising the cash flow position while the college…
The President of the Legion of Mary, Mary Murphy, has become the first Irish person appointed to the Pontifical Marian Academy International (PAMI). Ms Murphy said it was a “privilege and an honour” to accept the role, announced to her by theologian William Thomas on behalf of PAMI. “I hope I can do it justice,”…
Christo Jivkov, the actor who portrayed St John the evangelist in Mel Gibson’s famous The Passion of the Christ, died March 31 age 48 following a struggle with lung cancer. “My dear friend Christo has lost his heroic battle with cancer. Right to the last moment, he was filled with hope and his spirit was…
Irish parishioners have been urged to show greater support for Christians in the Holy Land as they mark the holiest week in the year in Jerusalem. It comes as Church leaders in the Holy Land have warned of increased fears that Christians are being marginalised after a series of attacks on Christian holy sites in…
The Church must not be afraid of speaking up on controversial teachings in a bid to appear more palatable to secular culture, Bishop of Achonry Paul Demosey has said. Bishop Dempsey also insisted that the synodal process currently underway in the Church requires patience. It comes after The Irish Catholic revealed research which showed just…
The sister of a teenager killed during the Troubles has said she wants to give her brother a Christian burial after it was announced there will be another search for his body. Digging restarted on Monday for Columba McVeigh, who was killed aged 19 by the IRA in 1975, at Bragan Bog in Co. Monaghan.…
Two families are suing the State after they aborted their babies based on alleged wrongful diagnoses, the Minister for Health has admitted. These are the second and third such claims made against the State, after a settlement was made in 2021 with a family whose baby boy was aborted after a wrongful diagnosis. “These were…
The Irish judicial system is “very lenient” on convicted paedophiles and needs to take a stronger line, according to an Irish missionary who fights human trafficking. Too often convicted paedophiles in Ireland get a “slap on the wrist and community service”, Fr Shay Cullen SSC told The Irish Catholic, calling it “ridiculous”. Fr Cullen is…
World famous singer-songwriter Michael Bublé has a “wonderful and personal relationship with my faith”, the star said in an interview at the weekend. Mr Bublé, who used to sleep with a Bible in his bed, also revealed in The Guardian that his love for his fans is inspired by their prayers. Speaking to his son…
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