Peter Korchak gathers wristbands for World Youth Day pilgrims to use in Krakow for trading with other WYD participants. Some two million Catholic youths are expected to join Pope Francis in Poland for the July 26-31 faith festival. See Page 3. Photo: CNS
Dublin’s Simon community has offered a guarded welcome for the Government’s action plan on housing and homelessness. Reacting to the unveiling of Rebuilding Ireland, a 114-page plan containing 84 recommendations on dealing with the housing crisis, a spokesperson for the body which works with homeless people said the document “looks promising” but cautioned that more…
The Irish Catholic newspaper, with a weekly readership of over 90,000 people, has established itself as the most respected voice in reporting, comment and analysis of religious affairs in Ireland and the interaction between faith, current affairs and daily life. As part of the continued growth of The Irish Catholic in print and online, the newspaper now…
Motion passed to save convent before sale Dublin city councillors unanimously passed an emergency motion this week to put an immediate protection order on the Georgian-era Sisters of Charity Convent and School on Gardiner Street Upper. The 200-year-old building has an adjoining Victorian chapel as well as several other original features, but due to an oversight, the building was never listed…
The 60th anniversary of Diocese of Killaloe’s first diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes was “an experience of mercy”, according to Fr Tom Ryan, the pilgrimage director at Cote Grotto, who celebrated the pilgrimage’s opening Mass assisted by 12 priests who had been among 450 pilgrims who had travelled from the diocese. As part of this year’s…
Expert consultants are set to be appointed to Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo to help conserve Ireland’s Holy Mountain which has suffered substantial erosion in recent years. Martin Keating, who is Head of Environment, Climate Change and Agriculture at May County Council and Chairperson of the Croagh Patrick Stakeholders Group, confirmed to The Irish Catholic…
“God wants us all to reach our potential – this is his plan for us,” the papal nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown, said during a visit to Tallaght’s Citywise Education Centre. The archbishop was visiting the centre, which provides educational support for young people in under-served city communities, to meet some of Tallaght’s young…
Staff Reporter Several priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse are thought to be homeless in Dublin, the head of the Church safeguarding board has warned. Contrasting how diocesan clergy faced with accusations can lack the supports priests from religious orders have, NBSCCCI chief Teresa Devlin told The Irish Catholic that she is frequently…
“It is good to be alive; it is better to live as a priest; it is best to be a priest in the Diocese of Meath!” So declared Fr Oliver Skelly, parish priest of Coole, on the 25th anniversary of his ordination. Prior to becoming parish priest of Coole, where the anniversary Mass was celebrated…
Religious bodies should cease financial and other support for members who have been found guilty of child sexual abuse, the head of the Church’s child protection board has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Teresa Devlin, CEO of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, said “at some stage, once…
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