The Church must stop acting as though it is “on the back foot” and have greater confidence in what the faith offers society, Fr Patrick Cahill told hundreds gathered in Maynooth for CHARIS Ireland’s National Day of Renewal. The gathering at St Patrick’s College brought together Catholics from across the country for a day of…
Religious Education in Irish schools should provide a broader, “more robust interfaith and religiously pluralist curricula”, Dr Peter Admirand, professor of Theology and director of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue at Dublin City University, has argued in an opinion article published by the Irish Examiner. Nicholas Cuddihy, Education Nation podcast host, has said that Dr…
Resistance among priests to synodality is leaving Irish parishes with “virtually no leadership” for reform, Fr Michael A. Conway has warned ahead of Ireland’s National Synodal Assembly on October 17. Writing in the September issue of The Furrow, the Galway priest and Professor of Faith and Culture at St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, said many…
Boxing legend Katie Taylor, who stepped into the ring in Croke Park on Saturday September 5 with the words ‘Psalm 18’ embellished on her gear, has said she would not be able to fight without God in her life. Taylor is a born-again Christian and, before moving to the US, where she currently resides with…
Head of Social Justice and Policy for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Ireland (SVP) said to The Irish Catholic that SVP are “very concerned” about the impact of energy costs on struggling households, after SSE Airtricity’s recent decision to increase electricity and gas prices by 9.4% and 11.6%, respectively. Ms Bayliss reported that…
In a homily delivered at a RTÉ One televised Mass on September 6, Bishop of Kilmore Martin Hayes called on his audience to “be alert to the wrong of global warming caused by human activity as being among the wrongs that are anti-life and increasingly evident in our world.” Speaking at the Cathedral of Sts…
KANDLE priests say fewer personnel are forcing a rethink of parish life Bishop Denis Nulty has warned that declining priest numbers are forcing Kildare & Leighlin to rethink Mass schedules, workloads and how its 117 churches are served. In a pastoral letter read out at Masses on Sunday, Bishop Nulty said priests being recalled by…
“The Synod is watering the garden, but the house is on fire.” That is not The Irish Catholic talking. It is the verdict of an experienced parish priest in the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, a man who supports the synodal pathway and has given years to it, speaking after this summer’s appointments were announced.…
The pro-life cause unites all Christians, Bernadette Smyth, Chairwoman of Precious Life, told The Irish Catholic following a Rosary Vigil for Life in front of Belfast City Hall on August 30, when hundreds gathered in prayer in response to Belfast City Council’s plans to illuminate the City Hall in celebration of abortion. The City Hall…
Irish Jesuits International, Good Shepherd Sisters, and Irish Aid are providing emergency assistance to Nepal following the devastating floods and landslides on August 26. “The protection and safety of human life remains the absolute priority, above any other consideration,” said Joe Munnelly, Communication and Research Officer for Irish Jesuits International to The Irish Catholic. The…
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