The parish priest of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, said there was “huge excitement” when boxer Aoife O’Rourke returned to the town following her gold medal win. The middleweight European champion was warmly welcomed by hundreds of people back to her hometown following her success over the weekend. Fr John McManus told The Irish Catholic “there’s a…
Staff Reporter Statistics released to Aontú under the Freedom of Information Act show that 357 homeless people have died in Dublin since 2018, with 70 deaths recorded in the capital so far this year. Commenting on the finding, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD said that the housing minister should feel a “deep sense of shame”.…
Irish missionaries have warned that many people could die of starvation in South Sudan if they don’t receive food and medicine urgently. They have called on Ireland to aid the most vulnerable “to keep them alive”. Flooding and the legacy of a bitter civil war have left the African nation facing “hard times”, Irish Spiritain…
Iona Institute NI spokeswoman Mary Lewis has described as “undemocratic” and “heavy-handed” the Secretary of State’s announcement that the UK government will commission abortion in the North. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Ms Lewis said that many in Northern Ireland are “overwhelmingly against” the introduction of abortion, and that it’s clear that NI Secretary…
The Irish bishops’ conference have shot down a proposal to set up regional arbitration panels to help priests when they face canonical or legal issues. The panels, proposed by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), would have facilitated “respectful dialogue” between priests, “competent experts in relevant disciplines” and bishops. In a letter sent to all…
Staff Reporter Archbishop-emeritus Patrick Coveney (88), who served as Papal Nuncio to Greece and New Zealand, has died, the diocese of Cork and Ross have announced. Perhaps Archbishop Coveney’s greatest claim to fame came when he acted as interpreter for Pope Paul VI during the visit to the Vatican of the first astronauts to land…
As France begins a national debate on euthanasia, Pope Francis urged politicians from the country’s northern region to reject the “throwaway culture” and instead focus on providing care and relief to those nearing the end of their lives. “I dare to hope that on such essential issues the debate can be conducted in truth to…
Hopes that new Jesuit Centre can be a hub of welcome and faith formation, Ruadhán Jones hears While most of the news about religious orders in Ireland of late has been about closure and retrenchment, the Jesuit’s in Belfast have launched a new venture with high hopes. The Jesuit Centre, which opened officially on Saturday,…
A video has emerged on social media that shows five Catholic priests, a nun, and three others who were kidnapped last month in Cameroon’s Mamfe Diocese pleading with their local ordinary to secure their release. On September 16, unidentified gunmen attacked St Mary’s Catholic Nchang Parish of Mamfe Diocese in Cameroon. Nine people were abducted and buildings on the…
Pope Francis expressed his hope that a new centre for Catholic-Jewish relations in Poland will “foster appreciation of the common heritage, not only of the two religions, but also of the two peoples”. Speaking to Polish pilgrims at his weekly general audience October 19, the Pope noted the inauguration two days earlier of the Abraham…
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