Parishes should focus their resources on becoming missionary communities rather than on just preserving buildings, Bishop Phonsie Cullinan has said. The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore told The Irish Catholic that “a parish will quite happily renovate a church for half a million euro, but I would have to ask the question of whether it…
One of Ireland’s leading Islamic scholars has rejected claims by an Imam that Muslims can vote to remove constitutional protection for unborn children. “Abortion is an act of murder and who can sanction murder?” Dr Ali Selim from the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland told The Irish Catholic. “If you give people permission to do that basically…
This year’s Rally for Life should send a ‘massive message’ about Ireland’s determination to keep its constitutional protections for the unborn, event organisers have said. “It’s hugely important there’s a massive turnout” at the March 10 event in Dublin a spokesperson for the Save the 8th campaign told The Irish Catholic. “We’re very encouraged by…
As the three of us sat in the Prosperous, Co. Kildare parish centre, briefly sharing on the topic of ‘family’, during the buzz session of the first parish conversation on Amoris Laetitia, I thought to myself: “All human life is here.” For there we were – three people – a young single man, a widow…
As Ireland prepares to open its arms to welcome families from across the world to the 9th World Meeting of Families, the 5,500th registration for the August event has just been recorded. This registration milestone coincides with the official six-month countdown to the events which will begin on Tuesday, August 21. Commenting on the registration…
A veteran Republican activist has become the latest high-profile member of Sinn Féin to quit the party over its support for abortion. Longstanding Derry-based Francis Brolly is among several Sinn Féin politicians on both sides of the border to speak out strongly against the party line on the issue. Mr Brolly, a former member of…
A movie about the life of an Irish nun who died in an earthquake in Ecuador will be launched on the second anniversary of her death in her hometown Derry. All or Nothing tells the story of Sr Clare Crockett who entered the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother in 2001, aged 18. From 2006…
Two medical professionals have moved to the forefront of a new pro-life campaign that aims to highlight what could happen if the Eighth Amendment is removed from the constitution for both the general public and those working in the health sector. Pro-life group Save the 8th launched their video campaign this week which tells the…
The Peter McVerry Trust will be using “exceptional measures” to offer shelter and extra resources for those living out in the street ahead of a period of severe and frosty weather that is going to heavily affect Ireland this week. According to Pat Doyle, CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust, the extended precautions being taken…
The Pope should be afforded the same diplomatic courtesy any head of state gets when they visit Ireland, and the Government should open up the coffers an Irish columnist has said. Although there are some who believe the Catholic hierarchy are a “baleful presence still pulling at the strings” in Ireland, it’s is not the…
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