The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has encouraged abuse survivors to come forward after confirming the late Fr Malachy Finegan ministered in the diocese for three years. Bishop Denis Nulty said in his St Patrick’s Day homily that his concern “is that someone may be suffering in silence” after acknowledging the notorious child abuser Fr…
The number of homeless people availing of Focus Ireland’s Advice and Info service in Dublin has tripled in the first two months of this year compared to 2017, with one service user saying it has given him hope. In January and February 2018 the service supported 266 people compared to 86 in the same timeframe…
A bill on social media transparency, currently at committee stage, should become law before the Referendum on the Eighth Amendment, according to its sponsor, Fianna Fáil’s James Lawless, TD. “On social media at the moment anyone can do anything they want,” the Kildare North TD told The Irish Catholic. “It is positive that people can…
A new booklet mapping out the basics of Catholic social teaching is intended to introduce older teenagers to the Church’s tradition of thought around major questions questions facing the world in our time, Down and Connor’s Bishop Noel Treanor has said. ‘Wellspring of Your Future: The Social Teaching of the Church’ has been distributed as…
An Irish-born cardinal, who resigned five years ago as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh after admitting to sexual misconduct, died on March 19 at the age of 80. Born at Ballycastle in Co. Antrim, Cardinal Keith O’Brien stepped down as archbishop in February 2013, following allegations from three priests and one former priest that…
Thousands of people defied arctic temperatures on Sunday to pray the rosary at Mass rocks for ‘Life and Faith’, organisers have said. “On the east coast, the crowds were decimated,” Kathy Sinnott told The Irish Catholic, adding that most gatherings went ahead elsewhere. In Dublin, a small number gathered at the Papal cross, while others…
Over 100,000 people in employment are at risk of poverty according to new research by Social Justice Ireland, which concluded that one in every six people in Ireland today live on incomes below the poverty line, making up 16.5% of the population. Dr Seán Healy, CEO of Social Justice Ireland, said, “If people in employment…
Longford Gardaí have launched an investigation and appeal for information after a church was broken into and vandalised, becoming the third targeted Longford Church in the past 12 months. St Anne’s Church, situated between Stonepark and Kenagh was broken into and damaged sometime between 5.30pm on Wednesday night and 7.50am on Thursday morning last week.…
Bishop Noel Treanor of Down and Connor has been elected as Vice President of COMECE at the 2018 Spring Assembly, which was held in Brussels earlier this month. COMECE, the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, is made up of Bishops delegated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of the 28 Member States of the European…
Expectations are growing that Pope Francis will confirm his visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) at his General Audience in Rome this week. The WMOF icon is currently on its way to Rome and will be presented to the Pope, Wednesday March 21, by two Irish families: the Bushell family who…
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