Masses for specific ethnic groups should be reduced in the interests of integration, a leading psychiatrist has suggested. Questioning the wisdom of Dublin’s Polish community having its own church – St Audeon’s Church on High Street – Prof. Patricia Casey told The Irish Catholic she thinks it would be healthier if “there would be no…
Fr Ed Kohler of Little Flower Parish in Browning, Montana, distributes Communion during Mass at the close of North American Indian Days. The annual event, first held 65 years ago, gathers Native Americans from 50 tribes from across the US and Canada. Photo: CNS
Des Kelly, ‘The Carpet Man’ has been remembered as a man of faith who worked tirelessly for the homeless and needy throughout his years of business success. As he was laid to rest in Ratoath, Co. Meath on Tuesday, Fr Gerry Stuart reminded mourners of the voluntary work undertaken by Mr Kelly over many years,…
He may be a lion in winter today, but under St Pope John Paul II no one had a more vital role than Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who next week will be hosting an estimated 1.5 to 1.8 million young people in the city of Krakow for World Youth Day. If you want a window into…
An Australian priest working in a West Belfast parish and a couple living next to a Co. Tyrone parochial house may have been threatened by the same armed intruders. Fr Denis Ryan (70) from Ballarat, Victoria, was providing holiday cover at St Michael the Archangel Church in Andersontown for a second successive year when two…
A cycle of violence continues, writes Paul Keenan
Rachel Beard A Co. Laois-based parish priest has hit out against an attitude towards refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland which he has branded as “racist”. Fr Paddy Byrne of Portlaoise told The Irish Catholic he believes “that there’s an underbelly in Irish society that’s quite cynical to refugees and a great sense of xenophobia where…
Stephen Duffy and Kevin Malcolmson awaiting ordination by Clogher’s Bishop Liam MacDaid in Monaghan’s St McCartan’s Cathedral on Sunday, July 24. Fr Duff y and Fr Malcolmson celebrated their first Masses the following evening in their home parish churches, St Patrick’s in Tullycorbet parish and St Mary’s in Aghabog.
A new documentary film on Knock and its apparition will open in Irish cinemas on August 26. Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village looks at all aspects of Knock, from the historic apparition of 1879 to the more than one million pilgrims who visit the shrine annually and the community welcoming the faithful visitors.…
The planned Citizens’ Assembly is intended to enable the Government to claim a spurious distance from the consequences of a referendum on repealing Ireland’s constitutional pro-life protections, Elphin’s Bishop Kevin Doran has said. Speaking at an event organised by Family & Life, Dr Doran, said that in his personal view, the assembly would be “nothing…
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