US Franciscan friar sent to prison for abortion protest Catholic priest and pro-life activist Fr Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for blocking access to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility by placing locks and chains on the gated entrance. Judge Steven Tiscione laid down the six-month sentence, which is…
Farm deaths leave ‘cavern of darkness’ Farm deaths and accidents leave a “cavern of darkness” for those they affect, Bishop Denis Nulty said during an ecumenical prayer gathering on June 25. Accidents cause “devastation to families and farms”, the bishop of Kildare and Leighlin said at the 10th ecumenical remembrance service in Abbeyleix. “The more…
Papal peace envoy journeys to Moscow Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making to Moscow on Pope Francis’s behalf. Archbishop Giovanni d’Aniello, the apostolic nuncio to Russia, told reporters June 29 that the mission Pope Francis entrusted to Cardinal Zuppi “is to identify and…
A former Dublin Lord Mayor has said he is “shocked” by a radical Church plan that would see the capital’s pro-cathedral on the city’s northside lose status as the mother church of the diocese in favour of another parish on the southside. Proposals to move the seat of Dublin’s archbishop from St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in…
Mary Immaculate College leadership will not be consulting staff until November 2023 regarding the historic negotiation between Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and University of Limerick (UL) for closer alignment. MIC President Eugene Wall announced in an email that staff won’t be consulted until after the first phase of negotiations conclude in September or October. The…
An expert on synodality has urged caution in discussions of sexuality and gender, warning that partisan framing is “irresponsible”, especially where the science is uncertain. There is wisdom in knowing where Church teaching can and must be changed on sexuality, Prof. Massimo Faggioli said at a conference in All Hallows on Saturday, June 24. “On…
As pro-lifers around the country gear up for Saturday’s Rally for Life, the Department of Health has revealed that 8,156 abortions took place in 2022. Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín lamented the “heart breaking statistic”, calling the surge in the number of abortions “a humanitarian crisis”. “Over 8,000 unborn children in Ireland had their lives ended…
Abortion providers in Ireland have expressed moral doubts about the ‘service’, saying it can be “very, very difficult”, according to a peer reviewed article published last week. The article entitled “I suppose we’ve all been on a bit of a journey’: a qualitative study on providers’ lived experiences with liberalised abortion care in the Republic…
Three formal complaints have been lodged with Mary Immaculate College (MIC) over the recruitment process for the Head of Theology role, The Irish Catholic has learned. There were “substantive issues” with the process, including the shortlisting for interviews, sources say, with three complainants formally contacting the college through their union. It is unclear under which…
A new Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) report has revealed that over 50% of people live in a country with serious religious persecution, with ACN Ireland director Michael Kinsella saying that religious freedom is a “very telling barometer” of the extent of human rights within a country. The 2023 Religious Freedom in the…
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