A shrine to venerable Matt Talbot has been erected in Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral in Ennis, Co. Clare. The shrine is to be accompanied by a specially commissioned painting done by parishioner and local artist Noreen Flynn. It details the transition points, highs and lows, in the life of venerable Matt Talbot. It depicts…
Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley has begun a constitutional challenge to the ban on attending Mass and other religious ceremonies. Co. Galway-based Mr Ganley, who has been a vocal critic on social media of the ban on Mass, initiated judicial review proceedings against Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and the State on Thursday and the matter…
The Church is stepping up the campaign to put pressure on the Government in the Republic to allow people to attend Mass in a safe and physically-distanced way. Catholics in the North continue to be allowed to attend Mass and a delegation from the hierarchy met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin last week to put the…
Speculation is mounting that Bishop Dermot Farrell may soon be named to replace Diarmuid Martin as the Archbishop of Dublin. Several priests in the Dublin Diocese who have spoken to The Irish Catholic this week said that they believed that Dr Farrell is the frontrunner but cautioned that the confidentiality of the process makes predictions…
Priests will not face fines or imprisonment if they celebrate public Mass under Covid-19 regulations the Department of Health has said, amid confusion over new rules. The department told The Irish Catholic the celebration of public Mass is not a penal offence, despite Regulation 8 of restrictions introduced to the Health Act 1947 on October…
A Catholic schools’ representative body has welcomed the HSE’s revamped test and trace system, saying earlier shortcomings were “not acceptable”. From Monday, November 2 on, a revamped Covid-19 testing and tracing system for schools will be led by public health officials and supplemented by department staff, the Minister for Education Norma Foley announced last week.…
Aontù leader Peadar Tóibín has called for an “urgent inquiry” following a “huge increase” in homeless deaths this year. 50 homeless people have died this year, compared with 34 and 35 in the last two years according to figures from Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). This is despite more than 1,500 people exiting homelessness this…
Aid to the Church in Need’s (ACN) Week of Witness goes ahead this year, but online rather than in person. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, National Director of ACN, Dr Michael Kinsella said: “The week of witness is a dedication of a week in the life of the Church that, as part of the liturgical…
Family and friends mourned the tragic loss of Tadg and his son Diarmuid O’Sullivan at his funeral today, a loss that should be not be minimised by “providing easy answers”
Bishop Noel Treanor appealed to the public to care for “the safety, well-being and health of all NHS and Care workers,” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. He acknowledged the “immense” pressure that healthcare workers – nurses, ambulance teams, paramedics, doctors, surgeons, consultants, administrative and cleaning staff – find themselves under at this time.…
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