Speaking after the publication of the Child Law Project’s latest report, a report which concluded that the State child care system in the country is in “crisis”, Aontú leader Peadar Toibin said that he has “no doubt” about the recent judgment of the advisory body and that it’s high time Government started asking very “serious”…
Schools from the Derry Diocese are getting ready to draw God in an annual fun day of art and faith. The 6th annual World Drawing God Day will take place on November 14, when children from all around the globe use art to express their faith inspired by the book of author Karen Kiefer. Thérèse Ferry,…
Speaking in advance of the US presidential election, Fr Gary Chamberland CSC, an American priest who has been ministering for four years in Ireland, said that Irish people follow the latest political trends in the US like “it’s a sport” and that people in the country feel that it’s “their election” because of the implications…
In a time when children walk around dressed as witches and ghouls, it is good to have an alternative celebration. Ireland saw many All Saints parties happening in the past few weeks, giving children an opportunity to have fun and wear costumes, as well as cultivate their faith. Catholic Mothers Ireland organised a party in…
The Disciples of the Divine Master congregation recently celebrated a thanksgiving Mass in Athlone, where they first established the congregation in Ireland, to mark the centenary of their founding in 1924 by Blessed James Alberione. The Mass, led by Bishop Kevin Doran, was attended by clergy and a choir from St Peter and Paul’s Parish.…
The recent visit of St Bernadette’s relics to Ireland, culminating in the Cork and Ross and Elphin Dioceses, has drawn thousands of the faithful from across the country. This powerful event offered a unique opportunity to connect with a saint whose life of quiet suffering and strong faith has inspired generations. Br Antony Sahayampillai, a…
The Carmelite nuns of Arlington do not recognise their dismissal from the order. The vows they have made to God can neither be cancelled nor taken back, writes the prioress, Mother Teresa Agnes, who is not recognised by the Vatican, in a statement published on the convent’s website on Wednesday. They have no intention of…
Traditional Christian faith is the resistance to despair, says priest The “collapse” of Christianity in Ireland is “leaving a dangerous vacuum that is not being left vacant but being filled with other forms of pagan spiritualty, religion and worship”, the Administrator of Wexford parish has warned. Fr Billy Swan said that “there is evidence that…
“If assisted dying is legalised then the elderly, the sick and people with disabilities are vulnerable to cultural coercion, i.e., to messages of ‘you’re no longer useful or wanted, ….you are a burden on society’ Bishop Martin Hayes has warned. A member of the Irish Episcopal Conference’s Council for Life, he was responding to the…
Independent Senator Ronan Mullen has described last week’s passing of the Hate Crime Bill in the Oireachtas as an example of “radical gender politics” entering the country’s Statute Law for the first time, saying that it “sets a bad precedent for the future” as the new broad definition of gender comes from “a very ideological…
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