Just €1 a day throughout Lent could make a huge difference in the lives of orphaned and abandoned children on the Thai-Burma border, according to a new charity appeal. Thai Children’s Trust Ireland, which supports disadvantaged and disabled children in Thailand and surrounding countries, has launched the Lenten campaign ‘Feed a Future’ to provide a…

Cathal Barry and Greg Daly   Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said he is “appalled” to hear of delays by some religious orders in fully implementing standards and guidelines on child protection. Following reviews last autumn, the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) warned that several congregations have…

Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly has set out a number of key priorities for his ministry, writes Cathal Barry

The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down laws against physician-assisted suicide

Jordan stands for everything IS detests, writes Paul Keenan

A selection of iconic images taken by one of the 20th century’s most significant photographers are on display in Northern Ireland for the first time. ‘Frank Browne – Through the Lens’ is an exhibition of over 100 photographs taken by the famous Titanic passenger Fr Frank Browne SJ who is described as the “father of…

Two retired De La Salle Brothers (Br George Whyte and Br John McDermott) are discovering a new ministry for themselves. Together they have begun visiting De La Salle schools, primary and secondary, from Belfast to Waterford in order to help students and teachers become more aware of their great Catholic/Christian heritage. The brothers tell the…

Lay faith-based missionary groups are coming together to form a new representative body, to pool resources and lobby for the needs of lay missionaries at home and abroad. Lay Mission Union Ireland (LMUI) is still in the planning stages, but the origins of the new body dates back to a meeting in 2013, when lay…

The Dean of Kilfenora has expressed his surprise that Pope Francis has not moved to regularise its “anomalous” status as part of the diocese of Galway. Fr Conor Cunningham’s comments follow an announcement by the Vatican that the Pope has “ordered the formal union” of the metropolitan see of Cashel with the ancient diocese of…

Staff Reporter The NI Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has won High Court permission to challenge the law in the North to allow abortion in cases of rape, incest or “serious malformation” of a foetus. A judge in Belfast granted leave on Monday to seek a judicial review of the organisation’s claims that the North’s current…