The Carmelite Sisters New Ross, a congregation of cloistered nuns, are using social media to share their lives inside the convent walls with the world. They post biblical and spiritual sayings on Facebook accompanied by pictures of the sisters doing daily activities around the convent’s property. Sr Gwen Collins, currently the responsible for sharing on…
The Government has been unable to clarify whether a law change allowing gardaí to make protestors remove face coverings will include religious garb, such as a burka. This comes following masks protestors demonstrating outside Taoiseach Simon Harris’s home in Wicklow and other attacks on politicians. However, it is not clear how far-reaching the law will…
The international organisation We Are Church (WAC) released an open letter to Pope Francis, requesting full equality of women, including ordination, to be included in the October 2024 Synod. “You have rightly called the Church to walk together in communion, participation and mission”, the letter reads. WAC also said that women are being kept in…
The HSE 2023 annual report, ‘Notifications in accordance with Section 20 of the health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018,’ reveals that 10,033 abortions were performed in Ireland last year. Pro Life Campaign spokesperson, Eilís Mulroy, commented on the figures, stating, “We have now reached a point that for every six babies born in…
Blessed Carlo Acutis will be proclaimed a Saint during the 2025 Jubilee, possibly along with other canonisations. Pope Francis and the Consistory of Cardinals have voted to approve the canonisation of the first Saint from Generation Y, those born between 1981 and 1996 commonly known as millennials, on July 1. This event happens after Pope…
In the midst of the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza, the patriarchs and leaders of ancient Christian churches in Jerusalem have signed a joint document in which they denounce that four Israeli municipalities have sought to levy municipal taxes on church properties in violation of “centuries” of historical agreements. The Church leaders, including Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,…
Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan congratulated Msgr Julien Kaboré for his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and Titular Archbishop of Milevum. Msgr Kaboré worked as Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ireland since 2022. “Archbishop-Elect Kaboré has had a long association with Mullingar parish in the Diocese of Meath which goes back to the…
Fewer referrals to Towards Healing has led to a drop of income from €2m in 2017 to €900,000 in 2022, according to its chairman. The charity was established in 2011 to reflect the commitment of the Church to support survivors of religious, institutional and clerical abuse and their families. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, chairman…
Irish Dominican friars had a request for permission to film at Skellig Michael refused by the Office of Public Works (OPW). The Order is currently filming a series of videos for their YouTube channel to tell the story of Irish religious/historical places from the religious viewpoint. Fr Conor McDonough OP wrote on X on June…
The lead singer of The Script, an Irish band that has encountered success in both the UK and the US, has turned to daily Mass and the sacraments after he suffered the untimely loss of the band’s guitarist last April. Danny O’Donoghue, who is 43, revealed in an emotional interview with The Sun that daily…
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