A new study has claimed that the cost to employ someone to do the work of a stay-at-home parent would be around €54,590 per year.
The research is from life insurance and pension provider Royal London Ireland and shows the estimated stay-at-home salary is up from 2022’s €53,480.
The Latin American and Caribbean bishops’ conference has expressed solidarity with Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, after the prelate said he had been told that judicial officials are seeking his arrest and the country’s outgoing government sent a strongly worded letter to the apostolic nuncio. The conference – commonly known as CELAM – said…
Papal Nuncio to lead 2024 grandparents pilgrimage New Papal Nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor has been announced as Chief Celebrant at the National Grandparents Pilgrimage at the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock on July 28, 2024, to coincide with the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Archbishop Montemayor agreed to lead…
Luca Attanasio Five years have passed since the historic beatification of the 19 martyrs of Algeria celebrated at the shrine of Notre-Dame of Santa Cruz in Oran, Algeria. On the occasion of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, on 8 December 2018, in a church packed with people including many Muslim believers and religious leaders,…
There is a growing danger of a “class divide” emerging between parishes if there isn’t proper financial investment in lay ministries, the country’s first ever parish manager has warned. Lay leaders have also said that it will be “impossible” to encourage co-responsibility and encourage laypeople to take on more responsibility if there isn’t proper pay…
Long-serving Editor of The Irish Catholic Michael Kelly has announced that he will step down from the position early in 2024, after more than 12 years in the Editor’s chair. Mr Kelly, a native of Co. Tyrone, served as the paper’s Rome Correspondent before joining the Dublin office in 2005. He was appointed Deputy Editor in…
A young man once voted the most handsome man in Italy has quit his modelling job in order to join the priesthood. Edoardo Santini (21) was just 17 years old when he was voted Italy’s most handsome man in 2019, as part of a modelling pageant. The social media star took to Instagram to share…
Tensions are sky-high in Jerusalem’s Old City as a battle plays out between the city’s small Armenian Christian community and an Australian-Israeli businessman, which sees the Christian presence in the Armenian Quarter of the old city threatened by development plans. In a statement on the recent developments, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said that they…
After more than five years without a bishop the Diocese of Dromore’s plan to sell Bishop’s House and surrounding land in Newry to fund their redress scheme signals there will not be another bishop appointed. The land is believed to be worth about £3 million (€3.5 million). It is expected that Dromore and the Archdiocese…
Shane MacGowan had an “inner Faith that spoke to him” according to a member of The Priests, who recorded Little Drummer Boy with the renowned musician. Tributes have poured in for the former frontman of The Pogues who has often spoken about the importance of prayer in his life. The influence of his Catholic upbringing…
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