During Lent two schools in Derry City, St Cecilia’s College and St Joseph’s Boys, took part in the Mother Teresa Food Bank Programme; ‘If you can’t feed a hundred people then just feed one’. The Pantry Food Bank Project was set up in the city over two years ago by local Christian Churches and has…
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Mary’s Meals founder makes TIME 100
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, the founder and CEO of the global child hunger charity Mary’s Meals, has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world for 2015, in recognition of his charity’s work in setting up school feeding projects in some of the world’s poorest communities.
Billionaire Chuck Feeney key funder for ‘yes’ campaign
Staff Reporter Irish American philanthropist and billionaire Chuck Feeney is a key funder for the ‘yes’ campaign on same-sex marriage, it has been revealed. Feeney’s Atlantic Philanthropies have committed $475,000 (€443,612) to Marriage Equality Ltd, the main group dealing specifically with the issue, according to reports. In addition to funding Marriage Equality, Atlantic has funded…
‘Yes’ side accused of blocking debate as campaign intensifies
Activist rips down ‘no’ votere ferendum poster
NI justice minister is criticised for targeting babies with disabilities
The North’s Justice Minister has been accused of “the worst form of discrimination” against unborn children with disabilities, following his recommendation for abortion in cases of life-limiting conditions. Following a public consultation process, Minister David Ford has proposed legislating for abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, but not in cases of rape or incest.…
Isis claims that it ‘will not stop’ as 30 Christians die
ISIS has released a video apparently depicting the murder of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute video, titled ‘Until There Came to Them Clear Evidence’, shows 15 Christians being beheaded by masked militants, with a further 15 being shot. One group appears to have been killed on a beach in eastern Libya, the other…
Baking up a recipe for success
Amy Singleton (14), Joe O'Byrne (13) and Ellen Connolly (14) prepare for The National Brown Bread Baking Competition and Foróige Ireland’s National Junior Baking Competition which will both take place in the Aldi Marquee at the National Ploughing Championships in September in association with the Irish Countrywomen's Association (ICA). If you think you have the…
Why the Vatican’s crackdown on nuns ended well
Everyone walks away from the confrontation unscathed writes John L. Allen
Syria’s crisis is a world war, warns archbishop
Syria’s crisis is not a civil crisis, but is “a world war on Syrian territory”, according to Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, the Melkite Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Homs, Hama and Yabrud. Interviewed at a conference on the Christian East and the Arab World, Archbishop Arbach said “the whole of the Middle East is in flames” and that…
Eucharistic host desecrated in Dublin church incident
Sallynoggin parish rallies after episode during adoration