The Taoiseach has apologised for incendiary comments he made yesterday which stereotyped priests as hypocrites. Speaking in Dublin Castle today, Leo Varadkar apologised for his remarks in which he compared Micheál Martin to “one of those parish priests who preaches from the altar, telling us to avoid sin while secretly going behind the altar and…
EXCLUSIVE A Tipperary priest has called on the Taoiseach to apologise for his “offensive and derogatory” remarks which likened Micheál Martin to hypocritical priests. Speaking in the Dáil yesterday afternoon, Taoiseach Leo Varakar compared the opposition leader to “one of those parish priests who preaches from the altar, telling us to avoid sin while…
Families must allow and “support” their loved ones to become priests in light of a shortage in vocations, Ireland’s newest bishop has said. Bishop Fintan Gavin (53) made the call at his ordination over the weekend, which saw him take the reins of the Diocese of Cork and Ross. The diocese is particularly afflicted by…
An Ikea worker in Poland has filed a lawsuit after being fired last week for posting Bible verses opposing homosexual behaviour on the company’s intranet. Identified in local media as Tomasz K, the worker is suing after he was terminated from his position at the furniture store in Krakow. Poland Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro…
Sources close to Conor Gannon, the former Rome-based Dublin seminarian falsely accused in 2018 of being kicked out of the Irish College in Rome for a sexual liason with another seminarian has said that Mr Gannon is “greatly relieved that he can now move on with his life”. Claim In recent days Mr Gannon received…
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said in an article published last Friday that the unity of the Church has always prevailed over internal struggles and affirmed that there is currently only one Pope. “The Pope is one, it is Francis,” Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said in an interview with an Italian magazine published by Corriere Della Sera…
The US Diocese of New Ulm has announced that it has reached a $34m (€30m) settlement with victims of clerical sexual abuse. “The settlement represents our commitment to finding a fair resolution for victims and survivors of sexual abuse while continuing our ministry for those we serve throughout south and west central Minnesota,” Bishop John…
The announcement that Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-Century founder of UCD, will be canonised on October 13 has been hailed as “wondrous news” by the director of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fr Bill Dailey CSC said: “It’s wondrous news for everyone associated with Newman University…
The Vatican has told bishops and priests in China that they must follow their own consciences in deciding whether to register with the government, and it urged Catholics in the country not to judge them for the choices they make. The problem, the Vatican said, is that registration almost always requires the bishop or priest…
Jean Vanier challenged Catholics to examine what the Church should be like, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said. Speaking at a celebration of the L’Arche founder’s life at the Riasc Centre in Swords, Co. Dublin, the archbishop of Dublin praised the late humanitarian’s understanding of the Beatitudes as rooted in “a deep and thoughtful insight into…
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