A prominent Belfast-based priest has rejected attempts to turn an open letter he signed on the issue of Brexit into a push for abortion in the North. Passionist Fr Gary Donegan was one of 200 leading figures in the broader nationalist community who signed the letter to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar expressing “frustration and growing concern…
A group of children and their families used the Christmas season to help reinforce the message that Christ is at the centre of the festival by distributing ‘baby Jesus’ figures to families to place in their homes. The project called ‘Jesus has been left out’ aims to put Jesus back to the centre of Christmas…
The Rutland Centre, Ireland’s foremost addiction treatment centre, has announced details of its Family Support Services for 2018. The Centre will operate workshops throughout the New Year to support family members of people affected by addiction. Maebh Leahy, the centre’s chief executive, said: “No matter what the addiction is, whether it’s alcohol, drugs, sex, food…
Cork’s newly regenerated Nano Nagle Place has been hailed by former President Mary McAleese as a “living showcase” of the life, work and legacy of the Presentation Sisters’ founder. Speaking at the official opening of the €10.5m heritage centre, Dr McAleese said it was “not just a place where Nano Nagle’s history is celebrated but…
For this scripture group, Christmas came early, writes Chai Brady After two years of hard grind four local women’s dreams came to fruition when a new crib was unveiled in the Gaeltacht village of Moycullen, Co Galway. The vision of the project was to bring “the true meaning of Christmas to the very heart…
Not everyone has someone to ‘look out for’ or care for them Irish Church-goers have been urged to use the Christmas period to try and lighten the burden on people in their communities who may be suffering or feeling vulnerable. In a joint Christmas message Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin and his Church…
With so much suffering, poverty and exploitation in the world, missionary work must also include reaching out to people whose hearts are closed to receiving immigrants and refugees, Pope Francis told Jesuits in a private meeting in Myanmar, according to transcripts released this week. “Unfortunately, in Europe there are countries that have chosen to close…
Pope Francis has written a letter to Argentine Bishops praising them for their documents which outline ways in which priests should apply the teaching of his apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. The Pope was responding to a document by the bishops entitled ‘Basic criteria for the application of chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia’ which details ways…
The Vatican has launched its new multimedia communications website, centralising all of its media operations. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke announced ahead of the beta form launch that vaticannews.va and the accompanying production centre were simply the “first visible and concrete expression” of the unified approach to communications the Pope and his cardinal advisers had requested,…
Before his big birthday concert this January, Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has said he still prays, takes Communion and believes in miracles. In an interview before his star-studded gig at the National Concert Hall (NCH), Mr MacGowan said his mother was a woman of very strong Faith, and that he believes in miracles, saying: “I’ve…
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