Staff reporter The director of the company involved in the production of the daily ‘Angelus’ for RTÉ has said its settlement for more than €90,000 with the Revenue Commissioners was a “precautionary voluntary disclosure” to ensure it was tax compliant. Fr Finbarr Tracey of Kairos Communications Ltd told The Irish Catholic that the pay-out, amounting to…
The phenomenon of speed-dating was the inspiration behind a new initiative aimed at attracting young women to consider a vocation to religious life. A pop up café, which is being backed by eight religious congregations in conjunction with Vocations Ireland, will open its doors next week to women aged between 20 and 35. ‘The Sisters’…
Radio Maria Ireland technician John Fitzgerald explains the controls of the new Catholic radio station to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin who blessed the new station at its launch. Radio Maria Ireland, which is the country’s only Catholic radio station, is an internet and digital audio broadcasting (DAB) station. Photo: John McElroy
Voters have been urged to prioritise the right to life of unborn children as they go the polls to elect a new Government next week. Bishop Kevin Doran told The Irish Catholic that the right to life was “the fundamental human right” and insisted the extent to which it is protected “is a measure of…
Voters have been urged to make the right to life of unborn children a key priory as they go the polls to elect a new Government next week. Bishop Kevin Doran told The Irish Catholic that voters “need to impress upon politicians the importance of supporting and promoting a culture of life that recognises the…
Dublin city centre parishes have vowed that Easter Sunday Masses will go ahead after severe security measures in place for the 1916 centenary parade forced their Protestant counterparts to take the unprecedented step of cancelling Easter services. A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Dublin told The Irish Catholic that “Mass will be celebrated in the…
Youth workers for the Dublin archdiocese took a novel approach to evangelisation kick-starting Lent this year. The diocese’s youth evangelisation team took to the streets outside the newly opened St Paul’s church on Arran Quay inviting people in to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. The team promoted the event using the hashtag #AshtagWednesday on social…
The Mercy Sisters have rejected suggestions that they sought to block the provision of modular homes for homeless people. In The Irish Times in a February 15 article headed ‘Nuns lodge objection to modular housing’ it was reported that the Mercy Sisters were among those who had “lodged objections to the planned provision of 135…
Staff reporter Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor is set to return to his Irish parents’ birth place to address parishioners on Pope Francis and the Year of Mercy. The Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster and former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales will give a lecture in Christ the King Church, Turners Cross, Co. Cork…
EXCLUSIVE New survey shows media figures ‘misleading’ The number of Catholic primary schools that are being forced to turn away pupils is dramatically lower than has been claimed, The Irish Catholic can reveal. Despite claims by politicians and commentators that one in five Catholic schools are over-subscribed and therefore forced to apply a ‘Catholics first’…
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