Letter from Canada The death of Gregory Baum on October 18 in Montreal marked the close of an era for the Catholic Church in Canada. But not only is it Canadian Catholicism that both mourns and celebrates the life and work of an inspiring nonagenarian; it is the universal Church as well. Baum was…
Voting to repeal Ireland’s constitutional protections for mothers and unborn children would be “a leap into the dark” like “signing a blank cheque”, solicitor Alan Daveron told delegates at the RENUA Ireland AGM. Speaking at the Tullamore Court Hotel, Mr Daveron asked whether voters could trust a government which had defied the popular will to…
The priority now has to be improving human rights and lifting millions of people out of extreme poverty, writes Seán Farrell Zimbabwe always struck me as a country struggling with how its past influenced the present. So many of my conversations in my two years working for Trócaire in the country revolved around the…
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said that one of his proudest achievements in leading the Church in Dublin is the launch of a new centre aimed at creating space for dialogue between faith and reason. The Notre Dame Newman Centre for Faith and Reason has marked an important milestone in Dublin with the celebration of the…
Tackling rural isolation seen as key challenge A proposal that would see people allowed to arm themselves for protection from intruders would be a sign that the country has “lost its soul”, a leading priest-campaigner for rural Ireland has warned. Fr Harry Bohan has also appealed to parishioners to work to tackle the scourge…
People should write to Pope Francis to encourage him to visit the tomb of Matt Talbot when he comes to Dublin next year, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said. Speaking in Maynooth at a conference on priestly formation, Archbishop Martin spoke of how priests come from the “holy people of God”, a term the Pope regularly…
Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, concelebrates the beatification Mass of Irish-American friar Blessed Solanus Casey on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. At least 60,000 attended the beatification of the Capuchin Franciscan priest. Photo: CNS/Jeff Kowalsky.
Church leaders have called on paramilitaries in the North to stop their violence for the sake of young people in the region. In a statement to coincide with the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day, the clergy warned that the vision of the Peace Process was being lost in the face of continued violence and intimidation.…
Sinn Féin’s new party line on abortion does not reflect the views of ordinary voters, the Sinn Féin MP for Mid-Ulster has said. Francie Molloy, who succeeded Martin McGuinness as MP for the area in 2013, said the policy adopted at the party’s Ard Fheis was both “progressive and hysterical”, and cautioned against the triumphalism…
An Irish Franciscan priest who has been living in Zimbabwe for 50 years says he is hopeful for the future of the country. Fr Walter Gallahue, a parish priest in Harare, told The Irish Catholic that everything was “very peaceful” in the capital. “There is no sense of panic, we are waiting to see what will happen,” he…
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