Catholics groups across Ireland have been invited to attend the annual Cork Eucharistic Procession this Sunday, in a celebration of witnessing to the Faith. The Procession, now in its 93rd year, commenced in 1926 when a group of businessmen in the city approached the then Bishop, Daniel Coholan, with a view to having a Eucharistic…
Pro-life campaigners have vowed to continue to speak up for the right to life of unborn children despite an overwhelming vote paving the way for abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. With final results from all 40 constituencies, citizens voted by 66/4% to 33.6% to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. John McGuirk…
Voters have opted to remove the constitutional right to life of the unborn from the Constitution, according to referendum exit polls. The vote will pave the way for legislation that will permit abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. The RTÉ poll suggests a large majority have voted to change the Constitution. It found that…
Pilgrims attending the World Meeting of Families in Dublin this August will receive a plenary indulgence, the Vatican has announced. The Apostolic Penitentiary today issued a decree saying that Pope Francis would grant a plenary indulgence to pilgrims, “on the usual conditions (sacramental Confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff),…
Parishes forced to support struggling schools Dozens of Dublin’s primary schools are nearing financial crisis and are set to ask parishes to bail them out over the next few years, The Irish Catholic understands. Rising insurance cost and reduced State supports have left almost one in 10 Dublin schools either having sought help from local parishes or on…
Homilies still have the power to move the hearts and minds of listeners, priests across Ireland have said. Their comments come against the background of international praise for a “passionate” and stirring sermon by a US Episcopalian bishop who spoke last weekend at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Commenting on Bishop…
The chaplain where tragic Jastine Valdez [pictured] attended college has said the tightknit community of students is devastated by the news of her death. Sr Bernadette Purcell – who has spoken to Jastine’s mother – said the family is “devastated” by what happened to the 23-year-old but said she believed “their Faith will help them…
Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave has left more than €33 million in his will, including €6,000 for Masses to be said for his soul. The Dublin politician, who died last October aged 97, had inherited the property from his father, WT Cosgrave, the first prime minister of the Irish Free State, and refused to sell it…
A theology scholar has said Minister Simon Harris expressed “serious ignorance” about Church teaching after criticising a bishop’s decision to stop an atheist politician from being a Confirmation sponsor. After reports that Minister of State John Halligan was barred from being a sponsor because of his atheism and public promotion of repealing the Eighth Amendment,…
Chilean prelates guilty of concealing abuse must be held to account for their actions, and cannot simply be allowed to “resign and walk away”, leading child protection campaigner Marie Collins has said. Noting how Chile’s entire hierarchy has offered to resign following an investigation into clerical abuse and cover-up in the South American country, Mrs…
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