The president of the National Minorities Alliance of Pakistan (NMAP), has called on the Government of Punjab to end almost 60 years of discrimination against religious minorities and uphold the country’s constitution, which declares the equality of all citizens. Lala Robin Daniel issued his appeal just days after entering a formal complaint to Faisalabad’s Education…
Creighton was right to quit FG – voters Renua leader Lucinda Creighton was right to quit Fine Gael, according to almost half of her constituents. The Dublin Bay South TD sacrificed her junior ministry and a potential promotion to Cabinet when she voted against the Government’s controversial abortion legislation in 2013. A poll by research firm Millward Brown for the Irish Independent…
The head of Catholic media group Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) has accused an appeal court of refusing to protect religious freedoms. Speaking after a 2-1 decision by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to uphold the federal health care law’s Health and Human Services mandate EWTN chairman and CEO Michael P.…
Staff reporter The director of the company involved in the production of the daily ‘Angelus’ for RTÉ has said its settlement for more than €90,000 with the Revenue Commissioners was a “precautionary voluntary disclosure” to ensure it was tax compliant. Fr Finbarr Tracey of Kairos Communications Ltd told The Irish Catholic that the pay-out, amounting to…
The phenomenon of speed-dating was the inspiration behind a new initiative aimed at attracting young women to consider a vocation to religious life. A pop up café, which is being backed by eight religious congregations in conjunction with Vocations Ireland, will open its doors next week to women aged between 20 and 35. ‘The Sisters’…
Radio Maria Ireland technician John Fitzgerald explains the controls of the new Catholic radio station to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin who blessed the new station at its launch. Radio Maria Ireland, which is the country’s only Catholic radio station, is an internet and digital audio broadcasting (DAB) station. Photo: John McElroy
Voters have been urged to prioritise the right to life of unborn children as they go the polls to elect a new Government next week. Bishop Kevin Doran told The Irish Catholic that the right to life was “the fundamental human right” and insisted the extent to which it is protected “is a measure of…
Bishops are obliged to report all suspected cases of abuse to the civil authorities, the head of the Church’s global advisory panel on tackling abuse has declared. On behalf of the entire Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, commission president Cardinal Seán O’Malley issued a statement in which he said that prelates are called…
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving justice on the United States Supreme Court, died of apparent natural causes at a Texas resort on February 13. Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the 79-year-old Catholic “a man of God, a patriot and an unwavering defender of the written Constitution and the rule of law”, praising him…
Leading South American prelates have rejected proposals by the UN Human Rights Commission that countries allow abortion in cases where mothers were infected with Zika virus. The Zika virus has been linked by the Brazilian government to a surge in microcephaly cases, but Brasilia’s Archbishop Sergio da Rocha has denied suggestions that abortion is an…
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