RTÉ is due to broadcast a Mass to mark the conclusion of Catholic Schools Week this coming Sunday. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop of Killaloe Dr Fintan Monahan live from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ennis on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra at 11.00am. As well as the local parish community…
Pro-life campaigners have warned that Tánaiste Simon Coveney’s stance that he favours repealing the Eighth Amendment but still wants legal protection for the unborn is a sign that the Government cannot be trusted. A spokesperson for Save the 8th said Mr Coveney’s “confusion on what repeal could mean for the rights of the unborn shows…
Bishop John Fleming hopes that people who no longer attend Mass will give their opinions on how the Church might reach out during an extensive listening process in his Killala Diocese. The initiative was launched in Ballina last night (Wednesday) and sessions will take place in every parish across the diocese over the next two…
Cody Weddle The strenuous relationship between the Venezuelan regime and local Church leaders deteriorated further in January, with President Nicolas Maduro calling two bishops “devils in a cassock.” During his comments to the pro-government National Constituent Assembly on January 15, Maduro also ordered the attorney general to investigate the bishops for hate crimes. “One…
People should be willing to “open their hearts and minds” to Scripture readings at Mass said Pope Francis, because it allows us to hear God directly speak to his people. Continuing his series of audience talks about Mass, Pope Francis spoke today about the Liturgy of the Word and the importance of listening to the…
A group which campaigned for reduced religious influence in Church-owned schools was forced to close down following a series of complaints to the State’s ethics watchdog over controversial funding, The Irish Catholic understands. ‘Equate: Equality in Education’ was established in October 2015, aiming to change the law so that oversubscribed Church-owned schools would not be…
The Pro Life Campaign has said that the Government’s decision on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution is “as bad as anyone could have envisaged: the removal of legal protection from unborn babies and providing for abortion on demand”. On Monday, the Government announced plans to hold a referendum in late May asking citizens whether…
The lack of stable government and uncertainty around Brexit are contributing to a climate of uncertainty in which young people in the North can be drawn into paramilitary and other criminal activity, a Belfast-based priest has said. “We need politicians to resolve their present disagreements and this impasse. We need stable government here again,” Fr…
Ireland medical professionals will face dilemmas around abortion and conscience similar to those faced by their British peers if constitutional protections for the unborn are abolished, Baroness Nuala O’Loan has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic following the second reading in the House of Lords of the Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill, which she introduced,…
Bishops and other Catholic Church education interests have expressed their dismay and opposition to the current proposals outlined by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), which could weaken the status of religion in the primary school curriculum. The NCCA proposed to have two categories of time allocation, 60% for a minimum State curriculum…
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