The owners of Ashers Bakery, the Northern Ireland business sanctioned in the so-called ‘gay cake’ row, is to pursue an appeal against the discrimination finding against it in Britain’s Supreme Court.  According to a spokesperson for The Christian Institute, which has backed  the McArthur family throughout the case: “Ashers Baking Company will take the necessary…

The family of the late Munster coach Anthony Foley have been “overwhelmed” by the reaction of people to the ‘Eight for Eight’ campaign, Knock’s rector Fr Richard Gibbons has said, after the conclusion of the campaign at Knock shrine. The campaign had asked people to go to Mass for the last eight Sundays leading up…

Staff Reporter The occupation of an empty Dublin office block in order to provide emergency housing for the city’s homeless could send a dangerous message that any kind of accommodation will do for homeless people, Fr Peter McVerry SJ has said. The campaigner’s comments came following the occupation of the 10-storey Apollo House on Tara…

Bishop Kevin Doran testing equipment at the opening and blessing of a new school extension and all-weather astro-turf facility at St Cuan’s College, Castleblakeney, Co. Galway on Friday, December 9. Photo: Gerry Stronge

Bishops’ disappointment at omissions in motion

Egypt’s Coptic community is living in fear of further attacks over the Christmas period after bombers targeted a packed Advent Mass at the community’s main cathedral in Cairo. While there had been no claim of responsibility for the December 11 attack on St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral by the time The Irish Catholic went to…

Shannon’s Fr Tom Ryan PP hears the confession of a shopper in Shannon’s Skycourt Shopping Centre during this year’s ‘Mercy on the Mall’ event. Photo: John Cooke.

Turkish coup investigators to look at ‘Vatican link’ Members of the Turkish Commission of Inquiry into the failed July 15 coup attempt have stated their intention to include alleged links between the man accused of instigating the uprising and the Vatican in their investigations. Turkish media have reported comments by commission vice president Selcuk Ozdag…

An Irish model and actress has spoken of how her faith continues to be a source of strength to her after a brutal encounter with drugs. Jane Bradbury, a native of Athy, Co. Kildare, found success in modelling in New York before making the transition to acting. However, it was in her early days as…

The anticipated commencement of the Cause for Canonisation of America’s Archbishop Fulton Sheen has been dealt a blow by confirmation that the transfer of his remains to the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois is to be legally challenged by the Archdiocese of New York, their current location. On November 17, the Manhattan Supreme Court ruled…