Tourism is continuing to boost revenue in Connemara’s Kylemore Abbey, which last year returned profits of over three quarters of a million Euro according to newly released accounts. The Kylemore Trust of the abbey’s Benedictine community announced an excess of income over expenditure of €823,856 for the year ending December 31, 2016, with this being…
On the 50th anniversary since the legalisation of abortion in Britain pro-life campaigners took to the streets outside the British Embassy in Dublin. Dr Ruth Cullen of the Pro-Life Campaign said that when the law was first introduced “no one envisaged that a law which appeared restrictive would lead to a situation where one in…
Northern Ireland should consider employing a commission of specialists to run the region when the power-sharing executives cannot be established, a prominent Methodist minister has suggested. “Another election will not produce anything different – it will just produce the same people with the same issues,” Rev. Harold Good told The Irish Catholic as talks to…
News In Brief The vandalism of a Church of Ireland church is “an attack on all Christians”, Archbishop Michael Neary has said. Commenting on the vandalism of Holy Trinity Church in Errislannan, Clifden, Dr Neary pointed to the desecration of churches in Iraq and the Philippines over the past year, saying such actions “are a…
News In Brief Gospel values demand that we travel safely on roads today, Killaloe’s Bishop Fintan Monahan has said. Speaking at a ‘Blessing of the Roads’ ceremony in the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Ennis, Co. Clare, Dr Monahan said: “Road safety awareness is the parable of the Good Samaritan in action within…
News In Brief Cemetery gates in Belfast are believed to have been vandalised by a group of youths who are said to have set fire to traffic cones and a wheelie bin right beside them. “Significant damage” was also caused to the surrounding entrance according to the Diocese of Down and Connor. “This was a…
Shift in party’s position EXCLUSIVE The DUP has given the strongest indication yet that the party will welcome a visit by Pope Francis to the North during the Pontiff’s expected visit to the island of Ireland next year. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson – one of the party’s most-senior figures – told The Irish Catholic that…
With music sessions night and day the Diocese of Kerry are revitalising liturgical music among people young and old. A day long workshop, night sessions for those involved in adult choirs and special training for anyone interested in acting as cantors in church have been provided throughout the year. Youth Music Ministry Workshops are being…
The spirituality publisher Columba Press is teaming up with musicians, poets and mindfulness practitioners to hold a day of calm and reflection in opposition to the increasing dominance of so-called ‘Black Friday’, the annual shopping frenzy which sees customers queuing and shoving to get bargain deals. ‘Bright Friday’ which is on November 24th this year will…
People who are morally opposed to abortion should never be legally forced to take part in a procedure that would end a life according to Bishop Kevin Doran. The suggestion that it could be a healthcare professional’s duty to take a life is “totally strange” and “is in so much conflict with what healthcare is…
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