A well-known journalist who has written a new book about Lourdes with her husband has spoken of the miraculous feeling of “peace and calm” after her son passed away. On RTÉ 1’s Sunday with Miriam, Una O’Hagan described the “enormous sense of peace and calm” she felt after her son Seán died from cancer in…
The Church needs to pump serious resources into parish Faith formation if children are to be brought up in an age where schools play a less direct role in sacramental preparation, a leading catechist has urged. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Maeve Mahon of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin warned, however, that Church-owned schools…
Tributes have been paid to Bishop Éamonn Walsh for his “pioneering” work in ensuring child safeguarding within the Church in Ireland. The Vatican announced in a communique on Monday that Pope Francis had accepted Dr Walsh’s retirement as an auxiliary bishop of Dublin. He turned 75 last month. Bishop Walsh served as the Apostolic Administrator…
A charity that helps women in prostitution has defended a law they campaigned for aimed at targeting sex buyers despite few convictions, saying there has been a “marked increase in Garda activities” since it came into effect. Ruhama welcomed a Garda statement that in mid-September they interviewed 38 individuals they suspected to be sex buyers…
A pro-life group have welcomed the Garda Commissioner’s statement that ‘safe access zones’ to abortion providers were unnecessary, but said politicians’ reactions were “deeply alarming”. The Pro Life Campaign criticised some prominent TDs who decidedly ignored and belittled the statement which said further legislation wasn’t needed. Pro Life Campaign spokesperson Eilís Mulroy said: “What these…
Trócaire and an iconic Dublin parish stand to lose thousands of euro after a cash-in-transit security company in financial difficulties has been revealed to have used client money to prop up its accounts. The chief operations officer of Business Mobile Security Services (BMSS), which trades under the name of Senaca, asked the High Court this…
Clergy have called for peace following the attack last month on Fermanagh businessman Kevin Lunney, which saw the Quinn Industrial Holdings director abducted, beaten, and dumped at a Cavan roadside. At a Mass in support of Mr Lunney in Kinawley, Co. Fermanagh, Fr Maurice McMorrow described the attack on the 50-year-old father of six as…
The Government must be “pushed” to enshrine housing in the constitution as the housing crisis becomes a “catastrophe”, according to a bishop and campaigners. Speaking after an event involving Ireland’s Christian Churches on homelessness, Bishop Alan McGuckian of Raphoe said having a home is as fundamental as the right to life and education. “It’s a…
One of Ireland’s top exorcists has called for the Church to reintroduce the prayer to St Michael at the end of Masses. Between 1886 and 1967, Masses around the world concluded with a prayer calling on St Michael the archangel to protect Catholics from the devil and evil spirits, but following the Second Vatican Council…
A call for Catholics to go to Confession if they had voted to allow abortion in Ireland last year was an attempt at bringing healing to Irish society, Elphin’s Bishop Kevin Doran has said. Speaking at the opening Mass of the MaterCare international medical conference in Rome, Bishop Doran told a congregation of health care…
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