A year to the week since their statue of Our Lady was shattered in a “mindless act of vandalism,” Springfield parish in Tallaght, Co. Dublin has seen the same statue of Mary decapitated this week. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr Bill O’Shaughnessy said that it’s “just extraordinary” that it’s “been a year to…
Irish music legend Dana Rosemary Scallan – who has just recorded a new song for St Patrick – has opened up about her own lack of faith as a teenager, before she found God. Ireland’s first Eurovision winner and co-creator of the hymn, Our Lady of Knock admitted in podcast Off Grid Christianity she did…
A copy of The Irish Catholic was among the gifts laid on the coffin of Teresa McCallan, described as a devoted reader by one of her daughters. “The same paper had to be got every week and now I’ve carried on the tradition,” Margaret Moxon, daughter of Mrs McCallan, told The Irish Catholic. “I’d only…
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has criticised as “reckless” Government inaction when it comes to protecting children from often-violent pornography. This comes following the publication of a study earlier this week showing the link between children watching pornography and sexual violence. Speaking on the issue, the Meath West TD said that pornography is “distorting children’s understanding…
A new film from EWTN Ireland telling the story of a Catholic priest in hiding during the 16th and 17th centuries has received a blessing from Pope Francis. The film, Faith of Our Fathers, was shown at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome earlier this month and was well received by viewers…
Knock Shrine’s basilica was full with young people as they attended the Donal Walsh day on Thursday, May 11. The day marked the 10th anniversary of the Kerry teenager’s death after a battle with cancer. Donal Walsh touched many lives through his writings, public appearances and fundraising, and the foundation named after him continues to…
The Pope’s new ambassador in Dublin has presented his credentials to President Michael D. Higgins. Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, the new Apostolic Nuncio, presented the documents appointing him to the role at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin on Thursday. The prelate was accompanied to and from Áras an Uachtaráin by an Escort of Honour…
After hundreds of public prayers for peace in Ukraine and 443 days after Russia launched an all-out war on the Eastern European country, Pope Francis welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Vatican. The topics of the conversation May 13 included “the humanitarian and political situation in Ukraine caused by the ongoing war”, the Vatican…
Bikers hold annual memorial service The Annual Bikers Memorial Mass was celebrated in a packed Sacred Heart Church, Clones, Co. Monaghan, on May 5. Fr Stephen Joyce, Scotstown, celebrated Mass in the church with six motorbikes at the foot of the altar. He was joined by Fr Tony Conlon and Fr Jim Moore, while Church…
An investigation by the Spanish newspaper El Pais has revealed that the Spanish Jesuit priest Alfonso Pedrajas Moreno, who died in 2009, sexually abused as many as 85 boys and adolescents in the 1970s and 1980s and recorded the incidents in a secret diary as “blunders”, and that the Jesuits covered it up. A nephew…
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