A pro-life group has dubbed a demonstration outside a Galway cinema “bizarre and intolerant” after over a dozen people protested the screening of a film, which has been extended to run for a second week. The protestors gathered outside Omniplex in Salthill on Friday of last week, in what is believed to be one in…
The British imposition of a liberal abortion regime on Northern Ireland is “appalling” and “undemocratic”, Ireland’s newest bishop has said. Speaking in Drogheda on international ‘Day for Life’ Sunday, Armagh’s Auxiliary Bishop Michael Router said Westminster’s attempt to introduce abortion in the North is “not only appalling in itself but also undemocratic as the citizens…
The social media giant Facebook have found a new book by the Glenstal monks in Limerick too raunchy for their platform. Published by Columba Books, ‘Glenstal Abbey: through the seasons’ depicts the lives of the Limerick based monks and includes some religious paintings by resident monk and artist Br Emmaus. However Facebook told Columba Books…
Guidelines published by the Westminster government on abortion law set to be imposed on Northern Ireland have been dubbed “vague” and could “open the floodgate” by a pro-life group. The abortion guidelines, published this week for healthcare professionals, cover a period from October 22 of this year to March 31, 2020. These guidelines will only…
Doctors must drive debates around assisted suicide, and should not allow politicians and lobby groups to dominate the discussions, a conference of doctors has heard. Speaking at the fifth conference of the Irish Catholic Doctors Learning Network, Dr Chris Garrett said terms like “death with dignity” have been hijacked by advocates of euthanasia and physician-assisted…
Ethos cannot be allowed to interfere with the teaching of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in schools, Education Minister Joe McHugh has said. Speaking during a debate about a report on RSE published by the Oireachtas Education Committee, he said even now, “schools are obliged to teach all elements of the [RSE] curriculum”. Minister McHugh…
A top Vatican cardinal has accused Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of excessive negativity and in focusing too much on the Church’s failures. Speaking at the Autumn conference of the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) in Dublin, Cardinal Peter Turkson, who heads the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral…
Claire Fitzpatrick The Poor Clares in Galway have received a great confidence boost after releasing a devotional song on Youtube viewed by almost 15,000 people so far. ‘Calm the Soul’, based on a poem published by the Sisters in 2012, was composed to raise the spirits of those struggling under pressures of everyday life –…
Greg Daly and Chai Brady Priests in border parishes have said that anxiety is growing as the countdown to Brexit continues and the British government appear without any credible plan to stop chaos at the border. It comes amidst claims that the British are proposing a so-called buffer zone with checks on both sides…
Christian Churches, pro-life groups and politicians in Westminster have implored that Stormont be restored as legislation legalising abortion is set to come into effect by October 22. Over the last few days pressure has mounted on politicians in Northern Ireland to settle differences and block Westminster from “imposing” laws. Protection Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin…
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