The Pro-Cathedral in Dublin are gearing up for a major concert fundraiser to help alleviate homelessness in the country. Kicking off on December 17, musicians such as Red Hurley, Linda Martin, Cliona Hagan, Anna Kearney and boys and girls of the cathedral choirs will be performing, with further guests to be announced. Organiser Orla Kearney,…
The Church in Kerala is hoping to help widows in India – who often suffer from social stigmas – through its new matchmaking website. The Family Commission of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council has launched prolifemarry.com. The website will help match individuals hoping to marry. One of its major goals is to help widowed women,…
A church located on the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital city became an improvised morgue following another deadly day of protests in the South American country. Fr Gechi Revelin of St Francis Parish in El Alto said protesters started to bring corpses into his small church last week following intense clashes between Bolivia’s military and supporters…
The Department of Foreign Affairs will not contact the Vatican regarding their decision whether to allow the Sisters of Charity to sell Church-owned land to the Government, earmarked for the new National Maternity Hospital. Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney was asked in the Dáil last week by Róisín Shortall TD whether his…
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD this week submited the Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2019 to the Dáil. This Bill aims to make the online provision of pornography to children illegal. According to Mr Tóibín: “The proliferation of pornography in just the last few years in Ireland has been immense. “Today eight and…
Calls made for arrest of bishop accused of abuse A criminal prosecutor in Argentina has requested the arrest of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who is accused of sexually abusing two seminarians. Bishop Zanchetta is suspended from a position at the Vatican’s central bank, where he was appointed an ‘assessor’ by Pope Francis in 2017. He is…
French mayor apologises over nun garb ‘blunder’ An elderly nun in France has received an apology from a French mayor after retirement home staff wrongly rejected her, citing a strict ban on religious garb and “ostentatious” signs of religion. The rules would have barred the nun from wearing her religious habit and veil at the…
European Social Survey-Summary of findings on religion in Ireland Chai Brady examines the European Social Survey findings on Ireland’s religiosity There has been a sudden decrease in the number of Irish people who say they attend religious services once a week or more according to the most recent findings of the European Social…
Exclusive The Vatican has been urged to step in to block the transfer of land from a religious order to the State because abortions will be carried out in the new hospital. Rome-based moral theologian Fr Kevin O’Reilly OP told The Irish Catholic this week that that Holy See has an obligation to block plans…
Claire Fitzpatrick Eleven Christians are killed for their faith every day, while thousands of others face relentless persecution for their belief in Christ. That’s why The Irish Catholic is turning our iconic masthead red this week to highlight the coming ‘Red Wednesday’. The commemoration – November 27 this year – is a day organised by…
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