Over two-thirds of mothers with children under 18 would prefer to stay at home with their children rather than go out to work if they could afford it, according to a new Amarach Research opinion poll commissioned by the Iona Institute. When asked the question, “If you had the option (and money was no issue)…
Trócaire has kicked off its Lenten campaign which aims to highlight that “it is the next generation who will inherit the climate crisis”. Malawi is the focus of this year’s Lenten campaign who are suffering from “repeated droughts, flooding and cyclones” and instability in their wake. In Malawi 2.3 million people have limited access to…
Children as young as seven are being exposed to “frightening” drugs and drug paraphernalia on the grounds of a Belfast cathedral due to the activity of addicts in the area, a local youth leader has warned. Parents were warned that needles, tablets and other substances were found on the grounds of St Peter’s Cathedral, near…
The Archbishop of Los Angeles, Irish priests and many of those who knew and worked with the late Irish Bishop David O’Connell, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles who was shot dead on February 18, 2023, have paid tribute to his memory ahead of a memorial mass on Saturday February 24 to mark the first anniversary of his…
Fewer children, shuttered schools and universities and the promotion of pet ownership over and above the formation of families are but a few effects of South Korea’s plunging childbirth rate, according to Seoul-based Irish Columban, Fr Donal O’Keeffe. This comes even as Irish birthrates continue to fall, well below the replacement level 2.1 children per…
A growing rift between the Vatican and Israel was exacerbated recently when the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See hit back against a top Vatican official who said the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Gaza is disproportionate. On the margins of a February 13 event commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Lateran Pacts, which regularised the…
Vice-president of Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Niamh Hourigan is set to run for the Labour party for a seat in the European parliamentary elections. The academic and social commentator’s candidacy was announced on Sunday at a convention in the Metropole Hotel in Cork City. Responding to the news, the vice president of academic affairs at…
Jonah McKeown Russian leaders last Friday announced the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition politician to President Vladimir Putin, in a Siberian prison. Navalny, 47, had been serving a 19-year sentence for alleged extremism and years of criticism of the authoritarian Putin in a harsh penal colony north of the Arctic Circle. Navalny’s political opposition to Putin…
Augsburg (KNA) Cardinal Reinhard Marx from Munich has called on the Church to defend freedom. “Freedom may be under threat, but then we as a church have to stand on the side of freedom,” said Marx on Tuesday in Augsburg. “Not on the side of authoritarian regimes, not of those who dream of the past,…
Hanover (KNA) Following the presentation of the first nationwide study on abuse in the Protestant Church, those affected are urging for swift consequences. “Much remains to be done,” said Detlev Zander, spokesperson for the organisation representing those affected, according to a statement issued by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) on Tuesday. “Only if the…
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