Dublin City returning officer James Barry has apologised to Harold’s Cross priest Fr Gerry Kane after a Sheriff’s Office official removed a crucifix from the local pastoral centre. The official had removed the crucifix as he had been told it was offensive, but on being contacted by Fr Kane offered to restore it. Mr Barry…

Blessed bishop is an inspiration to us all

The annual ‘Gone But Not Forgotten’ bikers memorial Mass was celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church, Clones, Co. Monaghan. A number of motorbikes, including a Honda CBR 600 race bike belonging to Richard Briton who died 10 years ago, were on display on the altar. A large number of bikers and their families from across…

A Pilgrim prays to Archbishop Oscar Romero during beatification Mass in the Divine Saviour of the World square in San Salvador. Photo: CNS

Members of the Children’s Rosary, a global prayer group movement, will boost the numbers taking part in the sixth annual Global Rosary for Priests on June 12. The initiative follows an invitation from Worldpriest founder Marion Mulhall to US-based Blythe Kaufman, founder of the Children’s Rosary. Members of the group meet regularly to pray the…

British star Jude Law has been cast as a fictional young American Pope for a new television series, directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino. The actor will play Italian-American Lenny Belardo, a conservative “recruited by a Vatican fed up with liberals” who is thrust into the papacy as Pope Pius XIII, and must grapple with…

Greenbacks and the green economy: Ecology is good business writes Cindy Wooden

A Dublin-based priest has insisted that “heads would roll” if a political party lost a vote as badly as the Church did in the marriage referendum. He also accused some of the bishops of giving “no leadership”. Fr Joe McDonald of St Matthew’s parish in west Dublin told The Irish Catholic “my difficulty is that…

Ethnic tensions are simmering dangerously, writes Paul Keenan

A leading charity offering support to children affected by sexual abuse has said that national apologies for past practices “ring hollow when children continue to be abused by an inadequate system”. Children at Risk in Ireland (CARI) said that a lack of services nationally was leaving children struggling to cope unsupported and that children as…