An Irish priest based in Paris said a palpable sense of grief and anger remains in the city following the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper. Fr Dwayne Gavin, a native of Kells, Co. Meath studying in Paris and serving as chaplain to the Irish community, said that coupled with sadness and a sense…

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has confirmed that a referendum on the removal of the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution will not take place during the lifetime of this Government. The Government believes proposed changes to the Constitution should be put to the people on a phased basis, he told RTÉ News, and that a third…

Staff Reporter The Bon Secours sisters have confirmed they will “comply fully” with a commission of investigation into mother and baby homes here. A spokesperson for the order told The Irish Catholic the nuns “intend to comply fully with the investigation”. The Government has announced that the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will…

Pontiff’s ‘state of the world’ address covered many issues of local and world conflict

The Diocese of Kerry is preparing a new pastoral plan for 2015-2020 and has begun the planning process with the launch of comprehensive listening sessions in order to hear people’s hopes, challenges and expectations at this time. The pastoral plan will provide the diocese with a road-map/direction over the next five years. Launching the listening…

‘we shall honour each other if we learn to honour God, for we are made in his image and likeness’

Bishop Brendan Leahy was joined by the Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan to formally open St Munchin’s College in Limerick after an extension and refurbishment. St Munchin’s is the ‘Diocesan Catholic Secondary School’ for Limerick and is one of the oldest Catholic schools in Ireland, having been founded in 1796 for young Limerick men entering…

Knock airport is boasting a record number of passengers in 2014, with more than 700,000 flying in and out. The west of Ireland airport registered a total of 703,324 passengers last year, 38,000 more than in 2013 and an increase of more than 5%. August 2014 was the airport’s busiest ever month with 102,774 passengers…

Archbishop Eamon Martin has initiated a period of reflection and discernment in the Archdiocese of Armagh in preparation for the General Synod on the Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World, which is to take place in October. At the conclusion of the extraordinary synod in 2014, Pope Francis decided…

The leader of the Church in Ireland has insisted he will mount a “robust” defence of the right to life of mothers and unborn babies diagnosed with fatal foetal abnormalities in a meeting with the North’s Justice Minister this week. Archbishop Eamon Martin also urged Catholics to question their politicians over where they stand on…