The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is a reminder that the Church must embrace modern media without allowing personality or popularity to eclipse the Gospel, Bishop Paul Dempsey has said. The celebrated Irish-American preacher and broadcaster was beatified today at a Mass in St Louis, Missouri, presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on behalf…
“Family love cannot replace proper public support,” said Catherine Wiley, CEO of the Catholic Grandparents Association (CGA) to The Irish Catholic, responding to a recent survey published by ALONE on the impact of rising living costs on older people. “And public support cannot replace the love, the presence and the responsibility of the family,” Ms…
A Co. Louth priest, only two weeks into his new position as parish priest of Ardee, Collon and Ballapousta, died suddenly last week. Fr Mark O’Hagan’s death was announced on Friday, September 18, and was met with an outpouring of love and appreciation from those in current and past communities. The 55-year-old priest, from Coalisland,…
At a briefing from the Education Matters advocacy group in the AV Room of Leinster House last week, former mental health nurse and mother Sam Poynter maintained that the issue of gender identity policy in Irish schools must not “be brushed aside as a culture war when, in fact, it is a safeguarding issue.” Welcoming…
The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has been criticised for failing to consult its membership about the organisation’s support for ending the three-day waiting period for abortion. During the ICGP’s appearance before the Oireachtas Health Committee on September 16, the Aontú leader Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked ICGP witnesses what consultation had taken place with…
Newry Cathedral is preparing to welcome people from across the Diocese and beyond for a special nine-day Solemn Novena to St Carlo Acutis, taking place from Sunday October 4 to Monday October 12, 2026. Under the theme “Growing in Faith”, the Novena will provide an opportunity for people to come together in prayer and to…
Catholics around the world are taking part in a nine-day novena praying for the protection of human life and an end to what organisers describe as the “culture of death”. The Worldwide Novena to Fight the Culture of Death began on September 20 and continues until September 28, the eve of the feast of the…
Christians from different traditions will gather at Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance at 2pm on Saturday, September 26, for the annual March for Jesus. Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has promoted the event, which aims to unite Catholics, Protestants and other Christians in public witness at a time when organisers believe the wider culture is increasingly hostile to…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has paid tribute to the Society of African Missions (SMA) as it marked a century at Dromantine, Co. Down, saying the anniversary should inspire renewed mission rather than nostalgia. Preaching at a centenary Mass in the Cathedral of St Patrick and St Colman, Newry, on September 19, the Archbishop of Armagh and…
The 50th anniversary celebrations of the Church of St Michael the Archangel in Belfast begin on Saturday September 26, with a Jubilee Mass attended by Bishop Alan McGuckian. To celebrate the Golden Jubilee, the parish has published a commemorative book which tells the story of the church and parish, beginning from the construction of the…