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Katie continues to box clever with her Faith

As Katie Taylor’s career goes from strength to strength she has no problem expressing her faith. The professional boxer and Olympic gold medallist tweeted a photo of herself before her debut fight in the US last weekend wearing a t-shirt with the words “It is God who arms me with strength…” The boxer has spoken…

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Belfast republicans argue for pro-life stance A talk entitled ‘Cherish All Children Equally’ taking place in Belfast will put to the audience that there is an onus on Republicans to take a pro-life stance. Prominent republicans, Dr Anne McCloskey and Monica Digney will argue the Proclamation’s commitment to “cherish all the children of the nation…

Call for mindfulness to be made mainstream in the Irish Church

The Church should do more to make known the Christian tradition of mindfulness, a leading advocate of the discipline has said. “What’s really needed is a renaissance of Christian contemporary publishing,” Bro. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap told The Irish Catholic.  “That means repackaging, new translations, etc. of the great classics with good introductions that enable…

Pro-life billboard facts get green light

Complaints made against pro-life billboards have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the billboards were found to be accurate. Pro-life campaigners, Both Lives Matter (BLM), displayed two billboards claiming that ‘100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion’ in Northern Ireland. There were 14 complaints made about the claim,…

Fundraising drive for Skellig Michael comic

An American writer-artist duo are seeking to raise $7,500 (€6,350) to complete production of a comic book about Skellig Michael. The Last Monks of Skellig Michael by Philip Kosloski and Michael Lavoy, with help from veteran comic artist Jim Fern, tells the story of an adventurous boy who leaves a monastic school on the mainland…