Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte has said that despite the impression given by the media, he believes that most Irish people “still hold life very precious and very dear”. Speaking to The Irish Catholic in advance of addressing the annual Ceiliuradh Cois Life dinner for pro-life education last Friday, he said that while the media…
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Southern Africa celebrates 200 years of Catholicism
The Catholic Church in Southern Africa will celebrate 200 years of existence for a whole year beginning this month. An inaugural Mass of Thanksgiving will be held in Cape Town’s St Mary’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt on June 25, which will begin the celebrations. On June 7, 1818, Pope Pius…
Tasting a tipple from one of Ireland’s holy wells
Fr Patrick Mulholland, parish priest of St Patrick's, Portaferry takes a drink at St Cooey's wells, Portaferry with Fr Eddie McGee and Fr John McManus after celebrating Mass for the annual pilgrimage which attracted over 100 pilgrims to mark National Holy Wells day. Photo: Bill Smyth
Ted talks star to address pro-life rally
Karen Gaffney, the first living person with Down Syndrome to receive an honorary doctorate, will address the ‘Save the 8th’ Rally for Life in Dublin city centre on July 1. Ms Gaffney has captured global attention, not only for her personal achievements but for her work on inclusion for people with Down Syndrome and her…
Religious leader condemn attack at London mosque
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, along with several religious leaders, has condemned the attack on Muslims in London this week. A white van was driven into a group of people who had just left the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park, killing one man and injuring up to 10. A 47-year-old man was detained by people at…
Europe is becoming ‘spiritually fragmented’
“A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its culture.” This sentiment undergirded the theme of the most recent Ratzinger Symposium held in the Buswells Hotel in Dublin. Entitled ‘The Future of Europe: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives’, the conference pays homage to the theology of Joseph Ratzinger,…
Catholic nun charged with abduction
A Catholic nun has been charged with abducting tribal girls for religious conversion in India. Sr Beena Joseph, a member of the Carmelite Sisters of St Teresa congregation, was on her way to the Madhya Pradesh state capital of Bhopal from the eastern state of Jharkhand along with four tribal girls. She was accused of taking…
‘Mother Teresa’ relic attracts crowds
Large crowds have been in attendance to venerate a relic of Mother Teresa, which is being brought across the island by the Knights of St Columbanus. It is in Ballaghdreen Cathedral, Co. Roscommon from today until Saturday, before being brought to Tuam Cathedral, Co. Galway until next Monday (June 26). From August 11 the Cathedral…
Chinese officials force Muslims to eat during Ramadan
Weeks into Ramadan, authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have punished at least 100 ethnic minority Muslims for breaking the Chinese Communist Party’s ruling. The party have put restrictions on observance of the religious fasting month, an exile group said. Since Muslims in China began observing dawn-to-dusk fasting and other restrictions last month the…
Cardinal Burke to speak at Fota conference
St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy has announced that the Fota X International Liturgy Conference, to be held in Cork from July 8-10, will be opened by Cardinal Raymond Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military and Hospitellar Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta. The subject of the conference is Resourcing…