The Mater Dei Academy, a new independent Catholic secondary school in Cork, hopes to form faith-filled Catholics through their Classical education model. The school is a lay led initiative, facilitated by the Dominican community in Cork, which opened in September 2020. Co-founder Padraig Cantillon told The Irish Catholic the school is “proud” of their “unique”…
The community of Moyross feel “betrayed” by the Green party’s act of “bad faith” over the proposed construction of a new road, says Moyross PP Fr Pat Hogan. The priest’s comments come as pressure mounts on Green Party leader Eamon Ryan over his failure to progress a link road between Coonagh and Knockalisheen at Moyross,…
At a “tense time” in the North, Bishop Donal McKeown has called for everyone in “leadership positions to ask for calm rather than confrontation” after a man was arrested at a memorial for the victims of the Ormeau Road massacre in Belfast – a loyalist attack the arrested man was seriously injured in. Speaking to The Irish…
More than 2,700 healthcare professionals have signed an open letter stating that they are “gravely concerned” about the attempt to introduce assisted suicide in Ireland. Opponents of the bill, including the majority of geriatricians, argue that it stigmatises the elderly, sick and disabled. The letter came as submissions close for the second stage of the…
Recently appointed Archbishop Dermot Farrell has condemned a spate of knife crime in the capital as “inhuman” in a homily delivered over the weekend. Dangerous road Speaking at Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Ballymun, Archbishop Farrell said a person who carries a knife is “travelling down a dangerous road full of…
A challenge by businessman Declan Ganley over Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions on religious services has been adjourned at the High Court to mid-month, according to The Irish Independent. The Co Galway based businessman, a practising Catholic, claims that as a result of the restrictions, he cannot leave his home to attend Mass in breach of…
NFL star Harrison Butker initially thought the Faith wasn’t for him, saying during an interview with EWTN, “it pushed me away. I was like…ah this is just, this is just not me. It doesn’t go with the world”. However, it ended up attracting him to it, in his own words, “because it was so different…
Parents are feeling grateful and staff relieved as Saint Declan’s School in Ballsbridge, Dublin prepares to open tomorrow in accordance with Government guidelines. St Declan’s School was founded in 1958 by the Jesuits for children who, for personal or emotional reasons, achieve below their potential in their local schools. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, principal Niamh Corrigan…
Exclusive Myanmar missionary warns poor will suffer most A missionary in Myanmar has warned of imminent “disaster” after the military seized power in a coup this week. The country’s Church leaders have appealed for calm. “All I wanted to do was cry,” the missionary told The Irish Catholic. The missionary – who spoke on condition of…
A Donegal priest has criticised the Irish Government and the EU over the Brexit deal, which he calls a “huge disaster” for Irish fisheries and a “betrayal” of the industry. Fr John Joe Duffy from Creeslough, Co. Donegal, estimated that the deal could cost up to €100 million for Irish fisheries. It will be a…
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