On Saturday over 1,000 participants took part in the national dawn walk for cancer which involved a 10km journey over Mount Leinster, from The Nine Stones to the picturesque village of Myshall, Co. Carlow.Bishop Denis Nulty, broadcaster Olivia O’Learyand Donal Walsh’s mother Elma took part in the event which was organised by the Irish Cancer…

NGOs tasked with identifying improvements to the direct provision system for asylum-seekers and refugees have said the “clock is ticking” on the Government’s time frame for the implementation of key recommendations. The report by the Government-appointed working group was published on July 1 and among the key recommendations was a proposal to fast-track the granting of residency…

Bishop Phoncie Cullinan (second right) and a group of pilgrims from the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore, including newly ordained Fr Shane O’Neill (right), strike a pose while undertaking a section of the Camino de Santiago with focus on prayer for vocation.

A Redemptorist missionary from Co. Kerry is the recipient of this year’s Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award. Fr Sean Myers – who was nominated by his home town of Fossa – works in Brazil in an isolated parish over half the size of the island of Ireland. The award is organised to raise awareness of…

17 new seminarians begin formation

Staff Reporter Hundreds of people attended a protest in Dublin at the weekend calling for an end to funding for the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) – an affiliate of Planned Parenthood – in the wake of the controversy surrounding undercover videos exposing the sale of aborted baby parts.  The Centre for Medical Progress has released…

Anti-euthanasia campaigners have called on Ireland’s media to avoid groupthink and follow the example of Britain’s newspapers in facilitating a relatively balanced debate on assisted suicide.  Speaking in advance of a September 11 House of Commons debate on an assisted suicide bill being introduced by Labour MP Robert Marris, Hope Ireland director Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick…

Debate continues about how to help the divorced and remarried, writes Cindy Wooden

The founder of the Legion of Mary stands “as a model of robust lay leadership in the Church” according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Speaking at Mass in the parish of St Peter’s in Phibsborough, which was followed by the dedication of a room in honour of Frank Duff, Archbishop Martin said the “lack of trust…

Britain will soon debate assisted suicide, writes Paul Keenan