Pope Francis has prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped”. “In Jesus the decisive passage of humanity has been made: the passage from death to life, from sin…
Armed bandits killed one person and kidnapped more than 100 others in a March 14 raid on a predominantly Catholic town in north-central Nigeria, according to a Catholic priest and other local sources. Fr Dauda Musa Bahago, a coordinator for the Justice, Development, and Peace Commission, a Catholic aid organisation, told CNA the attack took place…
A Maltese Catholic priest who served as a chaplain in a London hospital received £10,000 (€11,396) in a settlement with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service after he alleged he was fired for expressing the Church’s teaching on homosexuality. Fr Patrick Pullicino, who is also a medical doctor, sued the London NHS Trust for harassment,…
Irish parishioners have been urged to show greater support for Christians in the Holy Land as they mark the holiest week in the year in Jerusalem. It comes as Church leaders in the Holy Land have warned of increased fears that Christians are being marginalised after a series of attacks on Christian holy sites in…
The Church must not be afraid of speaking up on controversial teachings in a bid to appear more palatable to secular culture, Bishop of Achonry Paul Demosey has said. Bishop Dempsey also insisted that the synodal process currently underway in the Church requires patience. It comes after The Irish Catholic revealed research which showed just…
The sister of a teenager killed during the Troubles has said she wants to give her brother a Christian burial after it was announced there will be another search for his body. Digging restarted on Monday for Columba McVeigh, who was killed aged 19 by the IRA in 1975, at Bragan Bog in Co. Monaghan.…
Two families are suing the State after they aborted their babies based on alleged wrongful diagnoses, the Minister for Health has admitted. These are the second and third such claims made against the State, after a settlement was made in 2021 with a family whose baby boy was aborted after a wrongful diagnosis. “These were…
The Irish judicial system is “very lenient” on convicted paedophiles and needs to take a stronger line, according to an Irish missionary who fights human trafficking. Too often convicted paedophiles in Ireland get a “slap on the wrist and community service”, Fr Shay Cullen SSC told The Irish Catholic, calling it “ridiculous”. Fr Cullen is…
World famous singer-songwriter Michael Bublé has a “wonderful and personal relationship with my faith”, the star said in an interview at the weekend. Mr Bublé, who used to sleep with a Bible in his bed, also revealed in The Guardian that his love for his fans is inspired by their prayers. Speaking to his son…
Ireland has already embraced eugenics, a new paper from the Iona Institute says, warning that we could be facing an “Ireland without Down Syndrome”. The paper comes after the former Master of the Rotunda revealed that 90% of patients at the hospital opt for abortion once they are told the baby they are expecting has…
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