Health Minister Simon Harris has been accused of indulging in a campaign of misinformation in relation to the forthcoming abortion referendum. Pro-life campaigners have also challenged Mr Harris to a debate on his proposed legislation that would permit abortion in some circumstances up to six months. Campaign group Save the 8th said at a press…
A leading pro-life group, LoveBoth, has distanced itself from a number of posters improperly displaying its campaign branding, which contain wording and slogans claiming that ‘women can’t be trusted’. The posters were not part of the LoveBoth campaign, nor was the use of the organisation’s logo or name authorised. Reacting to the posters, LoveBoth spokesperson…
The Save the 8th campaign have asked those who erected graphic images relating to abortion outside the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin to “go home”. The Irish Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (ICBR), who are not believed to be an organisation from Ireland, are infamous for images that have caused uproar and upset on social media. John…
The Parish of Tynan and Middletown gathered on Sunday, April 8 to celebrate the rededication of St Joseph’s Church, Tynan after six months of renovations. St Joseph’s, affectionately known as Tynan Chapel, was built on the hill of Mullaghard (from the Irish mullach ard meaning high summit) in 1813 and is one of the oldest pre-Catholic Emancipation churches in the Armagh Archdiocese.…
We all have a “grave responsibility” before God and the people around us to defend and protect innocent life, a prominent religious congregation has said. In a letter dated April 3, the Congregation of St Mother Teresa of Calcutta said that we experience tension and violence in areas all around the world, and that this…
His Excellency Jude Thaddaeus Okolo, Papal Nuncio to Ireland, visited Ashbourne-Donaghmore Parish last weekend. He was formally welcomed to the parish by Ciarán Lawless (Parish Pastoral Council) at the beginning of Mass. The Sprinkling Rite took place at the Baptism font, blessed by Bishop Smith earlier that morning before the commencement of Mass. Candy Querida-Maia and Anastasija Sitova, both received…
Questions have been raised about the claims of a woman who took part in a ‘vote yes’ press conference saying she was “snookered” into continuing her pregnancy, despite significant risks to her life. Claire Malone (30) has pulmonary atresia and pulmonary hypertension, and had one lung was removed in 2014. She became unexpectedly pregnant in…
Christians poured into Christ Church Cathedral this evening after the Garda revealed today they recovered the heart of Dublin’s patron Saint. Six years after it was stolen, St Laurence O’Toole’s heart entered Dublin’s oldest cathedral once again: undamaged. Very Reverend Dermot Dunne, the Dean of Christ Church, received laughs after asking the congregation to “forgive…
Exclusive Vatican should reconsider plans to skip North, urge Protestant leaders Colm Fitzpatrick, Greg Daly and Martin O’Brien The Pope could help towards resolving political tensions in the North of Ireland and bring about the re-establishment of Stormont, a prominent Protestant minister has said. Dr Ken Newell, a former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland who played a…
Leading oncologists have dismissed claims that pregnant women cannot safely be treated for cancer, and will be denied chemotherapy. Rumours that chemotherapy is not an option for pregnant women with cancer have been rife during the referendum campaign around Ireland’s constitutional protections for the unborn, but such rumours are unfounded, Dr David Fennelly told The…
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