A leading Irish philosopher has strongly rebuked Stephen Fry’s controversial remarks about God. Fr Brendan Purcell, Adjunct Professor in Philosophy at Notre Dame University, Sydney accused the staunch atheist of “mixing up” what humans experience as bad with evil. Mr Fry evoked outrage when he described God as a “maniac”, “utterly monstrous” and “totally selfish”.…

It was with much sorrow that the National Eucharistic Adoration Committee said goodbye to one of their apostles, Mike Kumar, who died peacefully in December as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy was completed at his bedside. Mike was a Hindu from India and converted to Catholicism 12 years ago. He was passionate about the promotion…

Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin turns the sod at the 10 acre site in Aughnaharna, Portlaoise, Co. Laois where two 24 classroom schools are under construction to facilitate the amalgamation of three parish schools.

The Holy See’s delegation to the United Nations has warned that Christians face “extinction” in some regions of armed conflict, with Christian women and girls particularly vulnerable. Msgr Janusz Urbanczyk, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the UN, voiced concern about the “continued lack of attention” given to protecting women…

Fifty pre-Leaving Cert students will embark on courses in the sea-side village of Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo

Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs called for an end to financing terrorists and suggested that borders be closed when necessary to prevent their movement. The leaders also appealed for the creation of a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, based on a long-standing proposal for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis and pleaded…

The new Bishop of Waterford and Lismore has said he found encouragement in the “words and example” of Kerry teenager Donal Walsh, as he accepted the challenge of his new leadership role. It was announced on Monday that Pope Francis appointed Fr Alphonsus Cullinan, parish priest of Rathkeale in Limerick, as Ireland’s newest bishop. Bishop…

Philippine Catholic leaders called for the peace process to move forward between the country’s largest Muslim rebel group and the government, days after a deadly encounter between fighters of the two sides in the country’s south. The 12-hour battle on January 25 happened during a crucial stage in peacebuilding efforts between the rebel Moro Islamic…

Debate is raging over gender selective terminations, writes Paul Keenan

A Dominican friar, exiled from his friary in Mosul by the Islamic State last year, is working to preserve Christian manuscripts through digitisation to ensure the memory of Iraq’s Christian past survives. Iraqi native, Fr Najeeb Michaeel, OP, founded the Centre for the Digitisation of Oriental Manuscripts in 1990 to foster the collection and recording…