The Irish Government should look to resettle and relocate 4,500 refugees by 2020 after only reaching a third of what was committed according to a report by the Irish Refugee and Migrant Council. Under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme, Ireland pledged to resettle 4,000 people over a two year period, so far only one third…
Claims that under new guidelines the Vatican will still be able to impose specific words and phrases onto local translations of the Mass have been rejected by Pope Francis. Earlier this month, the Vatican’s liturgy chief Cardinal Robert Sarah said that although the Pope’s new directive on translating liturgical texts gives greater control over the…
One of the most-prominent voices for peace and moderation during the Troubles has warned that the North faces much uncertainty if political leaders are unable to reach a compromise. Robin Eames – who as leader of the Church of Ireland from 1986-2006 played a key role in reaching out to loyalist and republican paramilitaries in…
Claims that a major British abortion provider offered bonuses to staff who encouraged women to have abortions show that such businesses are more interested in profits than helping women, the Pro Life Campaign has said. Calling for the public to made aware of such practices before even considering a referendum on repealing Ireland’s constitutional protections…
A new stained glass window will be unveiled in St John’s Church in Kerry this week in a joint endeavour between Catholic and Church of Ireland communities in Tralee. “The project has been more than five years in planning and was conceived as a Tralee 800 project for the town’s octocentenary celebrations and Year of…
Renua has vowed to replace and reform the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), saying that they have “lost credibility” after their submission to the Oireacthas Committee on the 8th Amendment. The party said their recommendations would result in light-touch regulation and the withdrawal of the right to life of the most vulnerable in…
The Irish Church has done little to counter the dramatic negative effects of secularism on younger Catholics’ understanding of their faith, Baroness Nuala O’Loan has said. She warned that people who have been preparing children for First Holy Communion and Confirmation “have been aware for quite a while that the wider cultural shift away from…
The repeated failure to publish annual clerical changes is having the effect of hiding how the Archdiocese of Dublin is struggling with serious manpower shortages, clergy have said. 2017 will be the second successive year when diocesan changes have not been made public, concealing the extent to which sick and retiring clergy are not being…
A parliamentary committee to consider Ireland’s constitutional protections for unborn children appears to be a pro-abortion “propaganda exercise”, two committee members who are considering stepping down have said. Highlighting how among the ‘expert witnesses’ addressing the committee was the New York-based Centre for Reproductive Rights, which has been fundraising in the US to overturn Ireland’s…
Bishop Kevin Doran has welcomed two votes at Fianna Fáil’s Ard Fheis in support of Ireland’s constitutional protections for the unborn, saying that they have sent an important message about the right to speak of the right to life. Party members voted by three to one to back a motion urging the party “to oppose…
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