Church leaders in Norway have welcomed the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Jon Fosse, a Catholic convert, predicting the honour could raise Catholicism’s profile in the traditionally Protestant country. “Fosse gives voice, with elegance and beauty, to the mystery of faith… I think our country is blessed to have a poet of…
A rare 15th Century Irish manuscript found in France has recently returned to Ireland and gone on public display. The ‘Rennes Manuscript’ is believed to have been brought to France by either a nobleman or an Irish army officer during the exodus of the ‘Wild Geese’ in the late 17th or early 18th Century. The…
The first woman to preside over a Synod of Bishops described the experience of sitting with Pope Francis at the head table as “a gift and a grace” – and a sign of things to come in the Church. Speaking at a press briefing today, Sr Maria de los Dolores Valencia Gomez, a Sister of…
The Government is giving in to the “ideological colonisation” of developing countries by supporting radical pro-abortion groups such as Planned Parenthood, the Pro Life Campaign’s national conference heard. Hundreds of people attended the conference in the RDS, Dublin, on Saturday, October 14. Keynote speaker Obianuju Ekeocha, founder of Culture of Life Africa, warned that Western…
Irish pilgrims in the Holy Land as war broke out this week say they are praying for peace, in the hope that escalating violence will not continue.
Proposed exclusion zone legislation aimed at silencing pro-life witness is a “draconian” restriction on free expression and freedom of belief, Bishop Kevin Doran has said.
Denial of climate change is not an issue for the Church in Ireland, Trócaire has insisted, following Pope Francis’ warning in his new exhortation on the environment that “scarcely reasonable opinions” on climate change exist “even within the Catholic Church”.
Homelessness charities have welcomed certain measures to help vulnerable families and children in Budget 2024, but have criticised “one-off” measures introduced to assist those struggling with the cost of living crisis.
President Michael D. Higgins is set to meet Pope Francis next week during a visit to Rome, The Irish Catholic can reveal.
Society must promote hope, but assisted suicide is a “statement of no hope”, the mother of inspirational teen Donal Walsh told a joint committee considering a bill to legalise euthanasia.
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