A new film on the sex abuse crisis fails to tell the bigger story, writes Phil Lawler

A Dominican run secondary school in Dublin has come under fire for its decision to invite a group which is publicly hostile to Catholicism to address its students. Theologian Dr John Murray warned the principal of St Dominics College, Cabra, to be “cautious” following the school’s decision to reissue a previously cancelled invitation to Atheist…

Lawyer Mushtaq Gill risks his life to defend Pakistani Christians. He spoke to Paul Keenan

Staff reporter Father Ted actor Frank Kelly has said his prayer life consisted of a “constant conversation” with God. The 76-year-old, who is best known for his role as Fr Jack Hackett in the popular television series, said he believed Jesus was God come to Earth and also an “extremely compassionate man”. Speaking on Leap of…

Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament welcomed Irish bishops to the European Parliament on a special information visit to the EU institutions last week. Ms McGuinness said she was “delighted” to welcome the 15 bishops, eight support staff and diocesan personnel and that “it is important that the European institutions maintain an…

Two Irish film-makers have revealed that their work on an up-coming movie about notorious abortion doctor Dr Kermit Gosnell lead them to rethink their support for abortion. Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, a film-making couple based in Los Angeles, warned abortion campaigners “to be careful what you wish for” after their experience filming a movie…

A group of 30 parishioners from the Diocese of Elphin have graduated from a novel three-year catechetics course. The graduates are the first in the West of Ireland to complete the Maryvale Institute’s three-year Adult Studies in the Catechism of the Catholic Church course, co-ordinated by Justin Harkin, Director of Pastoral and faith Development in…

Archbishop Eamon Marin has warned that social media is becoming a “harsh and dehumanising” environment for Catholics. Noting that “more and more journalists, members of the Church and other people with a public profile, have had to stop using social media as they have become victims of vitriol and abuse”, the Archbishop of Armagh said…

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The secular media did not report all sides in ‘Vatileaks II’