Staff reporter Senator Sharon Keogan has warned that a bill seeking to establish safe access zones around abortion facilities bans “peaceful and respectful citizens from praying silently for pre-born children”. The Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021, which would establish “safe access zones” of 100m around premises that provide abortion and contraception…
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Lieutenancy of Ireland hosted a black tie gala dinner for Knights, Dames and friends of the order, April 2. The dinner marked the Spring Mass celebrations that took place in Derry City and the Lieutenancy said they were honoured to have as their invited guest the…
Living Water offers spiritual ‘recharge’ with 8-week course Charismatic Catholic young adult group Living Water is hosting a weekly in-person spirit seminar to help Catholics “recharge their spiritual batteries”. The Transformer 2022 ‘Life in the Spirit Seminar series’ will be run across eight weeks every Wednesday at 7pm, starting April 27 in the Edith Stein…
The Archbishop of Dublin has announced major plans for every parish in the sprawling archdiocese to meet to see how they should best respond to a changed Ireland, insisting this must involve all parishioners. In a pastoral letter delivered this evening (Wednesday), Dr Dermot Farrell reflected on the synodal process that has been taking place…
The Church leaders’ group of Ireland said in their Easter message that the world is “overshadowed” with the darkness of war in Ukraine this Holy Week, and called on people to do all they can to help.
Ruadhán Jones and Chai Brady Pleas to help those suffering from addiction are falling on deaf ears as jail rather than rehab becomes the default option, a nun working with prisoners’ families has warned. Presentation Sister Imelda Wickham urged the Government to stop letting reports on justice reform “gather dust” on shelves and address the…
The pro-life community in the North has vowed to continue standing up against abortion despite a new law on ‘exclusion zones’ aimed at silencing protests and prayer vigils. Derry-based activist Margaret Devlin told The Irish Catholic that pro-lifers have been “galvanised” by the ban and will not be intimidated. A regular at prayer vigils outside…
Having initially defended a tweet that was widely criticised as making fun of Jesus’ name, the DAA have backed down and removed it following massive backlash. While thousands of passengers raged at delays in security queues that caused some to miss their flights, Dublin Airport’s Twitter page responded March 29 to a follower who tweeted…
Church-charity Trócaire has said a report released this week on climate change is a “clarion call” for rich countries to respond or the “impacts will be catastrophic”. A UN report, published on Monday, has said there is less than three years left for humanity to halt harmful climate emissions. There is also less than 10…
A woman dressed as a nun has been banned by a court from going within 150 yards of Clonard Monastery. Rachel Mulcahy was served with an interim injunction following complaints from some priests at Clonard about her disruptive behaviour, and an application for a full injunction is to be heard at Laganside court later this…
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