Ireland has ‘turned its back’ on Asia Bibi

Scaremongering and shameful silence are causing tension, writes Paul Keenan

Bishop Donal McKeown gives a high five to some of the nearly 3,000 students who attended the Fan the Flame Mass in Celtic Park, Derry for children who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Diocese of Derry during the past year. See Page 8. Photo: Stephen Latimer

The annual ‘round-table gathering’ hosted by All Saints Church in Ballymena, Co. Antrim attracted a large crowd to the parish centre to discuss the topic of ‘Living Faith: Go Proclaim the Gospel’.  The keynote speaker was journalist and teacher, Breda O’Brien, who looked at practical ways in which people can live out what Pope Francis…

Prominent priests in the North have called on the British government to release documents and order an independent inquiry to “let the truth out” on state collusion in the killing of Catholics.  Reacting to the broadcast of the RTÉ documentary Collusion on Monday night, which featured several examples of British state forces allegedly colluding with…

St Patrick’s Church, Milltown in the parish of Drumlane, Co. Cavan underwent a large restoration project this year. The building, constructed nearly 150 years ago by William Hague, has received a complete facelift in just five weeks; including painting, new lighting, flooring, new central heating and moving the altar of St Patrick. One of the…

Humans primarily responsible for climate change, draft warns

This summer the Parish of Horeswood Ballykelly in Co. Wexford is hosting two significant events. The celebration of the bicentenary of St Brigid’s Church in Ballykelly will take place at 11.30am on Sunday, June 28 with a Mass of thanksgiving celebrated by Bishop Denis Brennan. The bishop will also plant a tree to mark the…

Staff Reporter Funny-man Jim Gaffigan has spoken of his family’s firm faith ahead of the launch of his new TV series chronicling their lives as Catholics. The US stand-up comedian, actor and author said his faith is “very associated with the notion of mercy”. “I understand that there is something greater than myself that does…

The annual celebration to commemorate St Oliver Plunkett in Drogheda on July 5 will commence with the procession of a first class relic of St Oliver from Holy Family Church, Ballsgrove (south of the river Boyne) at 3pm and proceed three kilometres to the National Shrine of St Oliver in St Peter’s Church, West Street,…