Pope Francis canonised Argentina’s first female saint, María Antonia of St Joseph — known affectionately in the Pope’s home country as ‘Mama Antula’ — in a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. Argentina’s President Javier Milei sat in the front row to the Pope’s right during the canonisation on February 11 and embraced the…
Strasbourg (KNA) According to a landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), states may prohibit Jewish and Islamic religious communities from slaughtering animals by bleeding them without anaesthesia. In their decision published on Tuesday, the Strasbourg judges rejected the class action brought by Jews and Muslims from Belgium. They had opposed the…
By Severina Bartonitschek (KNA) Argentinian summit meeting in the Vatican: one inspired people for the Christian faith over 200 years ago, the other has also been working towards this goal globally for eleven years, the third recently won an election with completely different convictions. 11 February could be an interesting date for the Pope’s home…
Ruadhán Jones and Chai Brady The Government has been accused of “omitting” the “gigantic” contribution of women religious from its official programme for St Brigid’s day, with just one event in Irish embassies across the world acknowledging their work. Women religious and missionaries told The Irish Catholic that the State’s “blindness” towards the work of…
Former Taoiseach John Bruton, who died on Tuesday aged 76 after a long illness, has been remembered for his “profound Christian faith” and “compassionate” leadership. A man of “deep conviction and profound Christian faith, John realised from an early age that the future of Ireland and the future of Europe were inseparable,” Archbishop of Dublin…
Staff at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) are “deeply frustrated” after President Eugene Wall announced the suspension of a historic dialogue meant to safeguard the college’s future. Prof. Wall’s announcement came after he and University of Limerick (UL) President Kerstin Mey failed to find “a meeting of minds” with Department of Higher Education officials on January…
A social media post from the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) linking St Brigid to a push for liberalisation of Ireland’s abortion laws has been criticised by a spokesperson for the Pro-Life Campaign as “deeply offensive to Christians”. Eilís Mulroy of the PLC also called for the defunding of the NWCI and said that…
A recent survey commissioned by CyberSafeKids to coincide with Safer Internet Day, has shockingly revealed that a quarter of six year olds have a smartphone. The 23-page report published by CyberSafeKids on Tuesday, which focusses on topics such as cyberbullying, combatting online grooming, sexting and pornography and gaming, endeavours to offer greater clarity into the…
The restored NI Executive must focus on “human flourishing” in schools, the Bishop of Derry has said, warning that separating the teaching of mental and sexual health is not focused on children’s welfare. Bishop Donal McKeown said that so far the biggest problem for the education sector in the North has been “the lack of…
Ireland is “greatly indebted” to the work of Fr Sean Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds, founders of Social Justice Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins has said. Speaking on the retirement of the social justice pioneers, the President of Ireland said they leave behind “a rich legacy”. “There can be no doubt that the advocacy work…
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