Susan GatelyBishop Denis Nulty will be flipping pancakes at a party at the primary school in Prosperous on Shrove Tuesday, February 13. “There are two reasons for the party – we’re preparing to start our parish conversations on Faith and Family over the Sundays in Lent, following the course provided by the WMOF and we thought…
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Mothers and babies should be focus of referendum – Limerick bishop
Colm Fitzpatrick
Ahead of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment, Limerick’s Bishop Brendan Leahy has penned a letter to his diocese promoting respect for human life. In his letter, which was read at all of the Masses in the Diocese of Limerick over the weekend of February 3-4, Bishop Leahy acknowledged the difficult task in speaking about…
RTÉ to broadcast Mass to celebrate Catholic Schools Week
RTÉ is due to broadcast a Mass to mark the conclusion of Catholic Schools Week this coming Sunday. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop of Killaloe Dr Fintan Monahan live from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ennis on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra at 11.00am. As well as the local parish community…
Coveney’s Cabinet confusion should cause concern – Save The 8th
Pro-life campaigners have warned that Tánaiste Simon Coveney’s stance that he favours repealing the Eighth Amendment but still wants legal protection for the unborn is a sign that the Government cannot be trusted. A spokesperson for Save the 8th said Mr Coveney’s “confusion on what repeal could mean for the rights of the unborn shows…
Diocese launches listening process to plan for the future
Bishop John Fleming hopes that people who no longer attend Mass will give their opinions on how the Church might reach out during an extensive listening process in his Killala Diocese. The initiative was launched in Ballina last night (Wednesday) and sessions will take place in every parish across the diocese over the next two…
Secular education campaign shut down after ethics probe
Greg Daly
A group which campaigned for reduced religious influence in Church-owned schools was forced to close down following a series of complaints to the State’s ethics watchdog over controversial funding, The Irish Catholic understands. ‘Equate: Equality in Education’ was established in October 2015, aiming to change the law so that oversubscribed Church-owned schools would not be…
Referendum will lead to abortion on demand, says Pro Life Campaign
The Pro Life Campaign has said that the Government’s decision on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution is “as bad as anyone could have envisaged: the removal of legal protection from unborn babies and providing for abortion on demand”. On Monday, the Government announced plans to hold a referendum in late May asking citizens whether…
Brexit and lack of NI executive creating dangerous vacuum – priest
The lack of stable government and uncertainty around Brexit are contributing to a climate of uncertainty in which young people in the North can be drawn into paramilitary and other criminal activity, a Belfast-based priest has said. “We need politicians to resolve their present disagreements and this impasse. We need stable government here again,” Fr…
British-style conscience challenges ‘inevitable’ in Ireland – Nuala O’Loan
Ireland medical professionals will face dilemmas around abortion and conscience similar to those faced by their British peers if constitutional protections for the unborn are abolished, Baroness Nuala O’Loan has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic following the second reading in the House of Lords of the Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill, which she introduced,…
Education proposals’ adverse effects
Bishops and other Catholic Church education interests have expressed their dismay and opposition to the current proposals outlined by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), which could weaken the status of religion in the primary school curriculum. The NCCA proposed to have two categories of time allocation, 60% for a minimum State curriculum…