Senator and psychotherapist sound alarm on threat to faith and family The new Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum, recently rolled out by the Department of Education, has prompted a wave of concern among parents, teachers, and Catholic commentators, who fear that the programme undermines parental rights and introduces children to confusing and…
The national Pro Life Campaign (PLC) hosted their annual fundraising dinner for 600 people on September 20 in Dublin. The dinner, titled Ceiliúradh Cois Life, took place in the Clayton Hotel and featured a reception which included drinks and dancing, a live band and a raffle. Éamon Ó Cuív, former Cabinet Minister and TD for…
“My aunt, my mother’s sister, was [a] Sister of Mercy,” Pope Leo XIV revealed in a letter sent recently to the Mercy Sisters in Ireland. In the letter, he called himself “a devoted follower” of Bl. Catherine McAuley. And the Sisters are quietly hoping that the Pope’s affection for their charism might help push on…
A new book on the priesthood, Priesthood Today, is set to be launched on October 22, the feast of St John Paul II, at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The volume, edited by Bishop Phonsie Cullinan of Waterford and Lismore and Chair of the Council of Vocations, brings together essays from priests, religious, and lay people…
Under a Facebook post by The Irish Times on September 21, the public gave their opinions on secular ‘non-Communions’, the subject of a story written by Rachel O’Dwyer for The Irish Times. The story, which focused on the growing desire of non-practising Catholics to include their children in First Communion ceremonies because they feel “left…
The Traveller community has reached an important milestone in pastoral care and theological education, with Richard O’Brien of Kilarney, Co. Kerry, becoming one of the first Irish Travellers to be accredited as a Catholic Chaplain. “I was surprised to hear I was the first Traveller to become a chaplain, because it is such a faithful…
In a time filled with doubt and unanswered questions, Fr Darren Brennan of St Paul’s Parish in Belfast is offering up his time to provide a unique perspective on any problems and questions that Catholics may have. The ‘Ask A Priest’ event, taking place on Monday, September 6 at St Paul’s Parish Centre, will be…
The Irish Dominican Friars invited men aged 18 and above to join them for the Jubilee Camino Men’s Walk on September 13. Two priests, two brothers, and 40 men took part, walking 20 kilometres from a Dominican Abbey ruin in Carlingford to St Catherine’s Dominican Church in Newry. One pilgrim who took part described it…
“Surely the answer to loneliness or fear of being a burden, or of pain is not death?” says Baroness Nuala O’Loan, warning of the proposals to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales. Writing in The Irish Catholic, she described the proposals as “profoundly dangerous and flawed,” with recent polling and parliamentary debates suggesting that…
The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have remained silent following the delivery of a letter bomb to leading Irish journalist David Quinn, who is also director of the Iona Institute. Merrion Square was partially closed as Gardaí and the bomb squad attended the scene last week. The silence of politicans stands in stark contrast to the strong…
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