Chai Brady in Rome The Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh has said Pope Benedict XVI’s efforts to reach out to Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) enthusiasts did not work, which led to Pope Francis imposing restrictions. Speaking to The Irish Catholic Archbishop Eamon Martin said that while the Pope is concerned the pre-Vatican…

Parents have expressed anger and confusion over concerns that their schools were being “railroaded” into change of patronage from Catholic to secular management. Community meetings were held last month in eight areas across the country, including Dublin and Cork, as part of a pilot initiative to diversify patronage choices for parents. However, in Raheny, a…

Leading child protection campaigner Marie Collins has said plans to include survivors and victims of clerical abuse in developing the Church in Ireland’s response to victims’ needs is a “positive move”. However, the former member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors warned that it would only work if it’s “not just window…

The Ukrainian Catholic community in Ireland prayed for peace in Ukraine and the world as they celebrated Christmas in Dublin on January 7. The Mass was “very emotional”, especially for those whose sons, brothers and husbands are still in Ukraine fighting Russia, Fr Vasyl Kornitsky told The Irish Catholic. “All of us Ukrainians, in Ukraine…

Bible dating back to 1615 auctioned in Belfast A bible dating back to 1615 went under the hammer in east Belfast January 10. Part of a sale at Bloomfield Auctions from a private collection in a gentleman’s residence, the aged tome travelled from Devon with its former owner Elizabeth Pole to what is now Massachusetts,…

Four men were ordained to the diaconate across the island of Ireland last weekend, at a time of vocations crisis in Ireland. Two sets of ordinations took place on the feast of Epiphany, Friday January 6, in Derry and Sligo, and another on Sunday, January 8 in Belfast. Stephen Ward was ordained by Bishop of…

Pope Francis called on ambassadors to the Holy See to safeguard the rights of the unborn to “combat the throwaway culture”. The address to the diplomatic corp took place on Monday, January 9 and was attended by Ireland’s Ambassador to the Holy See, as well ambassadors across Europe and the US, where debates around abortion…

A young man with Down Syndrome has delivered a letter to Professor Fergal Malone of the Rotunda hospital, encouraging them to “save babies with Down Syndrome”. Conor O’Dowd, 28, from Drogheda delivered the letter by hand with his father, former mayor of Drogheda and Aontú representative Michael O’Dowd, in response to Professor Malone’s comments that…

One of Dublin’s historic churches has put out a call to men and women whose weddings were celebrated there to send in photos from the ceremony. Hundreds of weddings have taken place in Newman University Church on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, since it opened in 1856 as the chapel for the Catholic University of Ireland…

Chai Brady in Rome There is “a great hunger” among Irish people to understand their faith and to “understand the debt of the Faith”, the Archbishop of Dublin told The Irish Catholic in Rome. Following his visit to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to pay his respects to Pope Benedict XVI who was in repose…