A prayer service to comfort families will be held in Leixlip, Co. Kildare this Sunday in the wake of the tragic murder of Ana Kriegel (14, pictured). Confey parish is organising the service “for people to come to pray for families who are hurting and grieving and for the entire parish community”, according to Administrator…
The Archdiocese of Dublin has offered no objection after a Wicklow primary school’s decision to introduce a new policy that will allow girls to wear trousers and boys to wear skirts in September. Uniform policy is decided by individual schools, with this policy seemingly aimed at transgender children. The Vatican recently reiterated its opposition to gender…
Madison Duddy A Derry-based priest has dubbed First Communion celebrations as an “empty show” for many, as few children return to church after receiving the Sacrament. Fr Paddy O’Kane of Holy Family Parish told this newspaper that many Communicants aren’t committed to the Faith and that the church-return rate afterwards is low. His comments…
A ten-year-old boy is walking the Camino to raise funds for children exposed to violence and poverty on the streets. Christopher Nugent from Ballina in Co. Mayo is currently journeying on his third Camino, this time walking 400 kilometres from Saint Jean Pied de Port in France to Leon in Spain, with his father Robert.…
ChaiBrady and Madison Duddy The Pro Life Campaign is working on programmes aimed to “empower young people” to be future leaders in the pro-life movement in Ireland in order to sustain the fight for life. Inés Lonergan, a pro-life student, told this paper the group are currently working on programmes to engage youth to be…
Pro-life groups have decried a decision to appoint a former director of abortion provider Marie Stopes to the NI Equality Commission (NIEC), dubbing it a “conflict of interest”. Dawn Purvis, who is also a former PUP leader, was one of nine new commission members appointed by Secretary of State Karen Bradley for the next three…
A Tipperary priest has urged the government to tackle the country’s current suicide and mental health crisis. In a meeting with mental health minister Jim Daly, Fr Michael Toomey of Clonmel raised serious concerns about the lack of resources in the county to address this epidemic, stressing that the county has had a higher than…
The Irish priest who deals with cases of clerical sex abuse worldwide for the Vatican has described how the work has impacted adversely on him and his colleagues. Fr John Kennedy has headed the discipline section of the Vatican’s Congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2017. He said that the issue of abuse…
The Government has said it is investigating a hospital which is refusing to provide abortions. Four consultant obstetricians at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, wrote to GPs in the area to advise that abortion services are not available in the hospital. The letter said it was “decided unanimously that the hospital is not an appropriate location…
More than 600 people attended the annual Pro Life Campaign dinner last weekend. The keynote speaker was Elma Walsh, mother of Donal Walsh, who captured the attention of the nation with his brave fight against cancer in 2013. The event took place at the Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge. It is the fifth annual fund-raising dinner.…
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