Well-known US musician Natalie Bergman has opened up about the influence of God in her most recent album which was written after a spiritual retreat to a Catholic monastery in New Mexico. While Ms Bergman is best known for her role in folk pop duo Wild Belle, alongside her brother Elliot, Mercy is the first…
An “avalanche” of baptisms is due in the Traveller community of Dublin archdiocese due to the Baptism ban. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr Paul O’Driscoll of the Parish of the Travelling People said the large number of coming baptisms is because “Traveller families tend to be larger than general”. As well as this,…
A court has issued an order against a suspected loyalist agent holding him liable for the unlawful killing of three Catholics in Co. Armagh, according to The Irish News. The judgment has been issued in respect of Mid-Ulster loyalists Alan Oliver, Anthony McNeill and Thomas Harper. Mr Oliver, now a born-again Christian, is a suspected…
After two gardaí were shot and injured yesterday evening, May 25, Archbishop Dermot Farrell thanked God there was no loss of life
An Irish nun in the Holy Land has called on the Irish Government to use its influence to help restart the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Sligo-born Sr Bridget Tighe told The Irish Catholic that the underlying problem beneath the current flare up is that “There is no peace process anymore” between…
There are growing calls for a priest who was killed while facing down a “hail of bullets” to anoint a wounded parishioner in Belfast to be recognised as a martyr. Fr Hugh Mullan was one of the ten people shot dead by the British Army during the Ballymurphy Massacre in 1971. Last week an inquest…
Spirit Radio host Wendy Grace has hit out at the “unnecessarily cruel” restrictions on maternity care throughout the pandemic. The restrictions include the exclusion of fathers from attending pregnancy appointments and the early stages of labour. Nervous Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Mrs Grace said she is seven months pregnant herself with her third baby,…
The bishop of Down and Connor’s statement came after a representative from the Holy See warned the EU’s security organisation that ‘hate speech’ laws are often used to “frighten or intimidate Christians”. Intolerance for public, faith-based opinions is “often advanced through accusations of ‘hatred’ or ‘hate speech’, equating religious beliefs to hate and thus depicting…
A synagogue in Belfast received “intimidating” phone calls telling them to condemn Israel or face a picket, following increased violence in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Speaking in a personal capacity, Michael Black who is the Chairman of the Belfast Jewish community said some members of the community felt afraid to go…
The absence of supporters at sports matches was “to the detriment of the game” and their return should prove a help to players, a priest who works with Derry City FC said. Up to 500 people can attend sports matches in Northern Ireland from May 24, an announcement from the Executive’s Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey…
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