Courtney McGrailBishop Fintan Monahan of Killaloe with Navan-based artist Agnieszka Ryan and her portrait of Blessed John Henry Newman, which Tuam Council of Priests had commissioned as a gift for the bishop, a former priest of the Archdiocese of Tuam. Bishop Monahan has long been an admirer of the 19th-Century cardinal, about whom his licentiate thesis…
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Limerick is the ‘examplar’ on World Day of Peace – Bishop
Paul Keenan
Limerick city has been lauded as an exemplar of “active nonviolence” during New Year peace messages. As Irish bishops issued homilies for the 50th World Day of Peace on January 1, and after a year of extreme gangland violence in some quarters, Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick hailed the role of nonviolence in a renewed…
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Bishop William Crean address Bishop William Crean will address the annual Diocese of Kerry Clergy Assembly on January 10. The title of his talk is ‘From what wells do we drink now? – Reflections on the changing patterns of faith and practice in Ireland today’. The venue is the Gleneagle Hotel, Muckross Road, Killarney, beginning…
Zero tolerance simply about ministry, advocate argues
Greg Daly
‘Zero tolerance’ is key to child protection in the Irish Church and should not be confused with how priests are handled when out of ministry, the sole Irish member of Pope Francis’ child protection commission has said. Commenting on the Pope’s call to bishops on the Feast of the Holy Innocents for the Church to…
Christian leaders offer prayer for 2017
The leaders of Ireland’s main Christian denominations have joined in praying for a year in which people remember both God and neighbour. In a joint New Year’s message, Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop Richard Clarke, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, Rt Rev John McDowell, President of the Irish Council of Churches, Rev. Bill Mullally, President…
Striker thanks God for ‘scorpion kick’ goal
The footballer responsible for a spectacular ‘scorpion kick’ goal during a New Year’s game in the English premier league has said God helped him to carry off the near-impossible shot to bring his team to victory. Playing with Arsenal in the January 1 face-off against south London’s Crystal Palace, French international Olivier Giroud made the…
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Msgr Colm McCaughan RIP The death has taken place of Msgr Colm McCaughan, former Chancellor of the Diocese of Down & Connor. He was 89. Born in 1927 in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Colm began his studies for the priesthood in 1946 and was ordained in 1954. He assumed his first appointment as curate in Bangor.…
Call for investigation into Belfast clinic after damning report
Activities at Belfast’s Marie Stopes clinic are “shrouded in darkness” and should be investigated, a leading pro-life campaigner has said in the aftermath of a damning report into the organisation’s English abortion centres. The report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which followed inspections at clinics in 10 locations across England, as well its call…
Immigrants enrich our culture – bishop
Staff Reporter Ireland’s newest bishop has welcomed immigrants into Ireland in his first Christmas address. Linking how many Irish are immigrants in other countries with recent immigration to Ireland, Killaloe’s Bishop Fintan Monahan noted that at Christmas “our emigrants are very much on our minds”. Dr Monahan welcomed those who have returned to Ireland for…
RDS Christmas dinner sees record attendance
The Christmas Day Dinner hosted by the Knights of St Columbanus served a record 3,500 meals this year to those in need. The figure is 500 more than for 2015 and represents a continued year-on-year growth for the charitable event. “On Christmas Day, people like Brother Kevin of the Capuchin Day centre take the day…