The sole Irish member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has said she is “disappointed” with comments by Pope Francis recorded in a five-month-old video that was made public last week. Abuse survivor Marie Collins was responding to a video in which the Pontiff was recorded speaking to the former spokesman for…

Pope calls for Catholics to face challenges of migration The Pope’s message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated on January 17 in most countries has been published by the Vatican. Presenting the message, Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and…

Urgent reform of the direct provision system needed to address existing barriers to integration

Staff reporter A survey circulated in Limerick ahead of a major diocesan synod there next year has received more than 5,000 responses, The Irish Catholic has learned. The questionnaire, which was made up of three core questions, quizzed people about which topics they would like to be discussed at the synod, what encouraged them to participate…

Lisette Carr went to the US and heard the Pope invigorate a whole generation

Notre Dame University has begun work on its new education centre at Kylemore Abbey. The prestigious Catholic university, located close to Chicago, has strong links with Ireland where it has a centre in Dublin’s Merrion Square, 2000 of its students have studied since 1998, and its famous football team, the ‘Fighting Irish’, played at the…

The Pope has been hailed for prompting an end to the nation’s conflict, writes Paul Keenan

The Chairman of the Pro-Life Campaign is to speak on ‘Repealing the Eighth Amendment: What would Blessed Titus Brandsma do?’ on Wednesday, October 7 at 6.30pm in the Central Catholic Library, Merrion Square, Dublin 2.  Dr Joe McCarroll will speak at the first of a number of talks to be held at the venue organised…

Coup leaders agree to restore power to deposed Burkina Faso leader Leaders of a September 16 coup in Burkina Faso are to restore to power the deposed president Michel Kafando. The army and the Régiment Sécurité Présidentielle (RSP) have agreed that the latter should withdraw from their positions in the capital city Ouagadougou, while the…