Jonathan Luxmoore As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is celebrating its 75th birthday, the Vatican’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, organised a symposium that aimed to focus on both human rights and care for creation. The December 8 symposium, co-sponsored by the Sovereign Order of Malta, Caritas in Veritate Foundation, and the…
Tributes have been paid to the “dedicated and faithful” Bishop Patrick Walsh who served as the Bishop of Down and Connor from 1991-2008, following his death on December 28. Bishop Donal McKeown, Apostolic Administrator of Down and Connor, described him as a “gifted academic” who taught Mathematics at St MacNissi’s College, Garron Tower (1958-1964), served…
American order mourns loss of Irish sister Sr Mary O’Mahony OSF (formerly Sister Mary Cornelia) died in Assisi House on Sunday, December 10, aged 91. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia for 72 years. Sr Mary is predeceased by her sister, Sr Nora O’Mahony, who was also…
A professional Louth-based MMA fighter has called on Irish youth not to be “sheep” and turn to drugs, but that true happiness is found in Christ.
The Government is “not well disposed” to plans for a closer structural alignment between Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and University of Limerick (UL), The Irish Catholic can reveal.
COP28 was a “historic moment in climate negotiations” with its commitment to end the “fossil fuel era,” but the Church in Ireland’s overseas aid agency Trócaire acknowledged that more needs to be done. Trócaire CEO, Caoimhe de Barra said that the promised transition away from fossil fuels is “neither fast, fair nor funded”. “These were…
The Government’s plans to tackle the consumption of pornography by children are “extremely weak”, politicians have said, as public consultation has been launched on a new online safety code.
“Patience and a willingness to listen” are needed more than 25 years after the Good Friday agreement in the North in order to build a shared future, the Catholic and Church of Ireland archbishops have said in a joint message.
A rare painting dating back over 500 years by a celebrated Italian artist, The Nativity by Baldassare Peruzzi, has gone on public display in Belfast. One of only a handful of Peruzzi’s paintings known to be in existence, the work had been in a private collection in Britain for decades before being put up for…
The Argentinian bishops’ conference is pushing the cause for canonisation of Irishman Alfonso ‘Alfie’ Lambe, with historical documents set to be delivered to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
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