A public consultation on whether to introduce exclusion zones around abortion clinics in Northern Ireland has found that only 13 of the 6,412 submissions from members of the public supported the bill. This works out as 0.2% of the total submissions. Despite the strong opposition to the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill, MLAs voted…
Nordic Catholic bishops have issued an open letter expressing alarm at the direction of the German ‘Synodal Way’. In the March 9 letter, they cautioned against “capitulation to the Zeitgeist” and “impoverishment of the content of our faith,” reported CNA Deutsch. While acknowledging the challenges facing the Catholic Church in Germany, they said that “the orientation, method, and…
As fuel prices rise and Covid funding ends, schools are “absolutely dreading” heating bills, with costs for some jumping 100% in two weeks. “We’re in a bad state at the moment,” says Ailish McKeown, principal at Kilskyre NS, Co. Meath. “Our gas bill has gone up 100% in about two weeks. Gas had gone up…
Cardinal Krajewski in Ukraine ‘with the logic of the Gospel’ “I am not a diplomat. I came here with the logic of the Gospel. That’s what Jesus would do. He was always on the side of the people who were suffering. The Holy Father also uses this logic of the Gospel.” This is what the…
Staff reporter The Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative (IBDI) has launched a new podcast to raise awareness about the effects gambling, drugs and alcohol addiction can have on young people’s lives. The first episode of the ‘Leave Your Mark’ podcast saw a discussion between Tyrone GAA midfielder and 2021 All-Ireland winner, Conn Kilpatrick, and 2002 All-Ireland…
The Court of Appeal will hear a case challenging a UK law that allows abortion up to birth for disability after the High Court rejected the case last year. The High Court in London ruled in September 2021 that the law allowing abortion up to birth for disability was not discriminatory. The challenge was brought by Heidi…
NHS consultant Dr Dermot Kearney has been cleared of all sanctions placed after he saved 32 babies using the ‘abortion pill reversal’ treatment, writes Jason Osborne An Irish Cardiologist based in England, Dr Dermot Kearney, is enjoying “great relief” following his sudden exoneration after a ban placed on him by the General Medical Council (GMC)…
A papal envoy to Ukraine has denounced the bombing of a paediatric hospital in the city of Mariupol. Vatican Cardinal Michael Czerny, who was at the border between Hungary and Ukraine when he received the news, said: “Bombing and hospital: these two words in the same sentence already make you shudder.” Cardinal Czerny referred to…
Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell ordained two Dominican friars, Bro. Anthony Kavanagh OP and Bro. Kellan Scott OP, to the order of diaconate, March 5. A large congregation was present to participate in this celebration in St Saviours Dominican church, Dublin, along with Dominican friars, sisters and laity from throughout Ireland. The archbishop of Dublin,…
The Myanmar conflict’s destruction continued early March 10, when a military aircraft attack on a town in the east of the country caused severe damage to a Catholic convent’s roof, ceiling, and windows. Two Myanmar military aircraft hit the Sisters of Reparation convent, which serves as a retirement home and hospital for aging nuns. The…
Ruadhán Jones