Veteran exorcist Fr Pat Collins has warned that the ‘Evil One’ may be exploiting a lack of faith to bring about a surge of fear and anxiety during the pandemic. This comes on the back of recent research which shows that Irish people are amongst the most afraid of contracting Covid-19 in Europe, alongside respondents…
Groups working to end homelessness have warned of a large increase of new people at risk of losing their homes when measures to protect tenancies during the pandemic are lifted. The Government has implemented an eviction ban and rent freeze during level 5 restrictions, which are due to be in place until at least March…
The governor of Castlerea Prison has moved to reassure people that using the back of the prison’s chapel as a staff area is a “temporary” measure in order to accommodate social distancing due to the pandemic. After concerns were raised anonymously to this paper a spokesperson for the prison said there had been some couches…
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has commended the Loreto Sisters for a century of selfless service to humanity and outstanding contribution to his country’s growth. The six founders arrived in Kenya from Ireland in 1921 and established the Loreto Eastern Africa Province which has been able to initiate 24 educational institutions in three African countries,…
Irish Olympian Jerry Kiernan will be remembered as a man of “great integrity and faith”, according to Fr Tom O’Keeffe of Cabinteely parish. “Everyone who left St Brigid’s Boys school would say Jerry was a tremendous influence on their lives, a man of great integrity and deep faith indeed too,” Fr O’Keeffe said. Mr Kiernan’s…
Dr Anthony Fauci told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board January 21 that “in the coming days”, President Joe Biden will revoke the so-called “Mexico City policy”, which blocks US funding of foreign nongovernmental organisations that perform and promote abortion as a form of family planning. Women’s health The action will be part of…
The pandemic has “stymied” human trafficking efforts due to heightened restrictions on travel, according to an Irish missionary priest who heads a charity tackling the issue in Vietnam. Human trafficking CEO of Dasatt, Franciscan Fr Sean Cassin, told The Irish Catholic that the recent convictions of several Irish people in relation to human trafficking from…
At least 750 people are reported dead after an attack on an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to a European watch-group. Lost ark On January 9, the Europe External Programme with Africa reported that the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, about 80 miles west of Adigrat, had been…
Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin Diocese likened tackling the pandemic to the “Battle of Britain” and questioned if Irish pharmaceutical companies could make use of production facilities to stimulate vaccine production. Bishop Doran said that ”every expert here is saying that all of this depends on the availability of supply” and that production could be…
An association of Spanish education advocates will appeal to the European Union to prevent Spain’s socialist government from implementing an education law that will restrict the exercise of the rights of parents in deciding their children’s education. The law, approved by the Spanish parliament December 23, 2020 prevents parents from choosing religious schools for their…
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