All-Ireland winning Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte has spoken of how his faith has helped him cope with the devastating loss of his daughter, Michaela, who was murdered four years ago. Michaela McAreavey, 27, was found strangled while on her honeymoon in Mauritius in January 2011. Nobody has ever been convicted of her murder. Asked…

To coincide with the May 23 beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero, RTÉ is broadcasting a highly acclaimed documentary on El Salvador first shown 35 years ago. Who is for Liberation?, exploring the poverty, inequality, and increasingly oppressive political conditions then afflicting El Salvador, was originally shown a month before the assassination of Archbishop Romero. Revealing…

A Co. Meath couple met Pope Francis following their wedding ceremony in Rome

A senior Government minister has accused a number of TDs of being “obsessed” with the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion. Praising the Church’s role in education and healthcare here, Health Minister Leo Varadkar warned that some TDs were “a little bit obsessed with the Church for reasons I do not understand”. The minister was speaking…

No campaigners invite Chair of the Adoption Authority of Ireland to public debate

Bondi Beach, trained by A.P. O’Brien and ridden by Seamie Heffernan, won The Irish Catholic Maiden race at Leopradstown Racecourse in Dublin on Sunday. Presenting the trophy are (l-r) The Irish Catholic’s Geraldine Kellet, Editor Michael Kelly, M.V. Magnier, representative for the horse owners and Fr Andrew O’Sullivan, Parish Priest in Sandyford, who organised the…

As the US gears up for more religious contestation in the political battles to win votes, Michael W. Higgins hopes sanity and rational judgment will prevail

The Shroud of Turin continues to compel, writes Paul Keenan

Kenya’s bishops have called on their government to fulfil its constitutional duty to protect all Kenyans, following the massacre of 50 Kenyans at the North Rift and elsewhere in the country.  The bishops’ conference, headed by Homa Bay’s Bishop Philip Anyolo, heard the news of the killings as they gathered in Nairobi for their Ordinary…

One of the United States’ leading opponents of the death penalty has spoken on behalf of the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Sr Helen Prejean, famously played by Susan Sarandon in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking, was invited to speak by Mr Tsarnaev’s lawyers in an attempt to convince a jury to sentence Mr…