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…
Nearly 200 children who were either known to child protection services or in State care have died over the past decade, 38 of whom died by suicide, according to statistics released to Aontú. Aontú spokesperson on Children and Equality, Luke Silke, said: “These are shocking figures. Nearly 200 children who were either in State care or known to child protection services…
The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened against the implementation of resolutions of the German ‘Synodal Way’ that demand laypeople should be able to regularly baptise and preach the homily at Mass in churches across Germany. In a letter to the German Bishops’ Conference president dated March 29, Cardinal Arthur Roche said neither was possible –…
The Minister for Education has defended a divestment pilot scheme conducted jointly with the Irish bishops, which involves 63 schools. “The pilot covers 63 different schools and there is no doubt that it has reaped benefits in some areas,” Minister Norma Foley said in the Dáil. “The basis of the pilot is that everybody is…
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