Staff Reporter Irish American philanthropist and billionaire Chuck Feeney is a key funder for the ‘yes’ campaign on same-sex marriage, it has been revealed. Feeney’s Atlantic Philanthropies have committed $475,000 (€443,612) to Marriage Equality Ltd, the main group dealing specifically with the issue, according to reports. In addition to funding Marriage Equality, Atlantic has funded…

Archbishop Eamon Martin and Sr Geraldine McCarthy of Action to Prevent Trafficking (APT) join Fr Gerry Campbell to launch his four-day diocesan run from April 26-29  in aid of APT through the length of the Archdiocese of Armagh starting at the Bann at Newbridge, Co. Derry and finishing at the Boyne at Drogheda, Co. Louth.…

ISIS has released a video apparently depicting the murder of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.  The 29-minute video, titled ‘Until There Came to Them Clear Evidence’, shows 15 Christians being beheaded by masked militants, with a further 15 being shot. One group appears to have been killed on a beach in eastern Libya, the other…

Staff Reporter Independent TD Mattie McGrath (pictured) has said that a Garda Representative Association statement which has called for a ‘yes’ vote in the same-sex marriage referendum is almost unparalleled in its politicisation of the Gardaí. Deputy McGrath made his comments as the association general secretary PJ Stone implied that those who vote no are…

Syria’s crisis is not a civil crisis, but is “a world war on Syrian territory”, according to Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, the Melkite Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Homs, Hama and Yabrud. Interviewed at a conference on the Christian East and the Arab World, Archbishop Arbach said “the whole of the Middle East is in flames” and that…

Despite adverse weather conditions, over 800 people attended the inaugural healing Mass in honour of St Peregrine, patron saint of cancer, in St Patrick’s Church, Skerries, Co. Dublin. Mass was concelebrated by Fr Richard Hyland PP, Fr Tim Flynn OSM (Servite Order) and Fr David Halpin. In attendance was Bro. Patrick Gettins OSM (UK). The…

‘Hostile’ media alienating youth from Church – claim

The Drogheda annual May Day procession of ‘Our Lady of Fatima & St Joseph the worker’ will take place on Friday, May 1 at 6.30pm. In light of the forthcoming May 22 referendum on same-sex marriage, the central theme of this year’s procession is to honour the names of Jesus, Mary and Joseph within the…

Ronan Coffey from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary take a selfie picture meeting Bishop Phoncie Cullinan after his ordination as Bishop of Waterford & Lismore at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford on Sunday. Photo: John Power

A Catholic Youth Conference for those aged 18-40 is coming up on Saturday, April 25 in Horan’s restaurant, Racecourse Road, Roscommon from 9.30am – 4pm. The theme is ‘Mary, Cause of Our Joy’ and the programme includes talks by Frs Charles Benoit Reche and Bernard Murphy, Friars of the Renewal, Marian Carroll, and also personal…