The Knights of Columbus announced last week it will cover mosaics by the accused abuser Fr Marko Rupnik in Washington, DC, and Connecticut, a dramatic move that represents the strongest public stand yet by a major Catholic organisation regarding the former Jesuit’s embattled art. The 2.1-million-member lay Catholic fraternal order said July 11 it would…
Thousands attended a pro-life rally in Dublin city centre last Saturday which heard calls for the Government to establish a special task force to tackle the “spiralling abortion rate”, with speakers saying politicians must “wake up” to the fact that abortion numbers have more than tripled since 2018. The Rally for Life also heard that…
Nigerian priest Fr Mikah Suleiman was released last Sunday after more than two weeks in captivity. The parish priest of St Raymond’s Catholic Church, in Damba, Zamfara State, had been abducted from his presbytery in Sokoto diocese, north-west Nigeria, in the early hours of Saturday, June 22. In the days that followed, fears for his…
Exclusive “God is making a huge comeback with the youth. It’s so great… Catholics are coming back to the Catholic Church, like they’ve never done before. It’s astounding. We have to go fishing because the youth are starting to see the truth. They don’t know any different,” said Kaya Jones in an interview with The…
An LVF-linked gang responsible for a sectarian attack on the new home of a nine-year-old disabled boy in Antrim has also carried out a series of attacks on properties. The gang, based in the Ballycraigy estate, has targeted several families in the area over recent days and weeks. It’s believed their aim is to drive…
Matt Letourneau Amid a shortage of Tusla special care beds, the Child Law Project (CLP) published 70 reports this Monday, detailing cases of horrifying situations for vulnerable children in State care. In one report, a High Court judge stated that it was only “by the grace of God” that these children are still alive. Special…
120 years of history came to an end at Carriglea outside Dungarvan on July 2, when the last nuns at the Le Bon Sauveur said their goodbyes to Dungarvan, the area that they had lived and worked in for 120 years. It was reported that the sister chapel was packed to capacity for a farewell…
The deadline for female lone-parent asylum seekers living in direct provision who received eviction letters was last Friday, July 5. Gráinne Kilcullen, Head of Programmes for ActionAid, told The Irish Catholic “there has been an ad hoc follow up approach by IPAS to the eviction notices.” She explained that some of the women being evicted…
Five Catholics and six Protestants who were jailed in Vietnam for a range of offenses related to religious activities dating back to 2011 have gone missing, highlighting a larger problem within the communist country’s judicial system, International Christian Concern (ICC) has said. It said nine of the Christians had been jailed for “undermining national unity policy” due…
A Catholic leader has called for an end to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, telling EWTN last week that the accused in such cases are “guilty before even [having] an opportunity to prove themselves”. A court in Punjab recently sentenced Ehsan Shan to death for sharing “hateful content” against Muslims on social media. Last year, when locals…
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