Galway City hosted a conference on ‘Marriage in Irish Society’ which was organised by a new group, Real Marriage. It focused on the issues posed by a redefinition of marriage, with the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage. Dr John Murray, of the Iona Institute, highlighted the differences between traditional and same-sex marriage. He pointed out…

Reduced funding puts vulnerable children at risk

The second annual Pope John Paul II Award, in Mallow Community Youth Centre, saw 62 young people from the Diocese of Cloyne, and one school in the Diocese of Cork & Ross, receive the award. The students were from St Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow; Patrician Academy, Mallow; Nagle Rice Secondary School, Doneraile; St Aloysius College,…

Thousands blessed at annual mission

“Something old, something new.” Recourse to an age-old wedding rhyme by way of summing up recent events in troubled Burkina Faso is not as strange as it might first appear. Indeed, the concept of a happy marriage is certainly not one coming to the mind of deposed President Blaise Compaore as he licks his wounds…

Popular Irish TV drama accurately reflects Ireland’s violent underworld

Tacloban city is getting back on its feet after the devastation of last year’s super storm, writes Caoimhe de Barra

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has spoken of how her Catholic faith gave her the confidence to pursue her dream career as a singer. Boyle shot to fame in April 2009 when her audition for Britain’s Got Talent aired on television and exploded onto the Internet. The youngest of nine children raised in a strongly…

A British doctor has been ordered to appear in court accused of planning an abortion based on the sex of the unborn baby. Dr Prabha Sivaraman was one of two medics recorded allegedly agreeing to arrange terminations because of the gender of the foetus in a Telegraph investigation in 2012. Dr Sivaraman from South Yorkshire…

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