The Church must look to its own failings in the wake of the report on the investigation into the mother and baby homes, says UCC historian Dr Gabriel Doherty. Responding to the concern that Catholicism was being used as a scapegoat for what was a wider societal failing, Dr Doherty told The Irish Catholic that…
Samantha Power, US President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the United States’ international aid agency, is a pro-choice Catholic who comes from Ireland. If confirmed, Ms Power would head up the US Agency for International Development, a position which Mr Biden has announced he’s elevating to the National Security Council. Speaking to the U.S. Catholic,…
An Irish priest working in Kenya has paid tribute to Sr Colombiere Kelly IBVM, who died last week after spending decades changing culture and educating girls. Fr Conor Donnelly, who is based in Nairobi, said Sr Kelly went to East Africa and became principal of a Catholic school in 1952 during very challenging times. “There were…
Fr Mike Schmitz’s podcast, The Bible in a Year, which walks listeners through the Bible in 365 days has soared to the top of Apple’s chart after its launch on New Year’s Day. Nearly three weeks after launch, the podcast remains in the top spot. It climbed above podcasts in every other category to achieve…
EXCLUSIVE A senior bishop has warned that if a significant number of people refuse to get the Covid-19 vaccine, more people may lose their lives to the virus. Bishop Kevin Doran – who has been one of the most outspoken pro-life voices in the Church in Ireland in recent decades – insisted that “Vaccination, as…
Chai Brady and Jason Osborne An RTÉ sketch which depicted a man described as God being arrested for sexual assault received a record number of complaints, rising to 7,000 this week. The sketch was created by satirical website Waterford Whispers and was broadcast on New Year’s Eve. Last week RTÉ announced that it did not…
Australian Cardinal George Pell has exhorted the Irish youth to lead the Church, lest it continue to sink. The cardinal, exonerated following a lengthy trial and imprisonment in his native country, addressed the young people of Ireland during an interview with EWTN’s Colm Flynn. Asked what he would say to them, he said: “I’d say…
Arnold Schwarzenegger referred US elected representatives to Catholic teaching in a video released on his Twitter page last weekend. The actor and former Governor of California referenced his Catholic upbringing in a video posted in the wake of and in response to the events in the US Capitol last weekend, which saw the Capitol building…
Faith groups ranked poorly after the public were polled regarding the sector demonstrating the best leadership in Ireland. Leadership LIFT Ireland – an initiative to develop the level of leadership nationwide – polled 1,000 members of the public on their attitudes towards leadership standards and asked them to rank the sectors and professions they believed…
The fall of nearly 50% in Down Syndrome births between 2011-2015 is “horrifying”, but not a surprise, the Life Institute and the Pro-life Campaign say. They also criticised the “complete cloak of concealment and silence around abortion in Ireland”, which means we do not know how many children with disabilities are being aborted. Their statements…
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