Courtney McGrailThe systematic reduction in the funding for Essential Needs Payments (ENPs) is placing severe pressure on struggling families throughout the country, according to the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) The ENP budget this year (2015) is €27.9m, a cut of 55% since 2011. John-Mark McCafferty, SVP Head of Social Justice & Policy said…
Month: April 2015
Campaign for beatification of Limerick priest
An Argentinean bishop is leading the call for the beatification of a Co. Limerick missionary who died in December. Fr Liam Hayes, a Divine Word Missionary from Cappamore, had devoted his life to helping the poorest and most vulnerable in Oberá, Argentina. He founded several homes for children and adults with severe physical and intellectual…
Bishops launch new marriage website
The Irish Bishops’ Conference has launched a new website which outlines the Church’s teaching on marriage. The website www.meaningofmarriage.ie will host relevant material which has been published by the Irish Bishops’ Conference, its councils, and by individual bishops, including the pastoral statement The Meaning of Marriage, as well as comments from Pope Francis on the theme…
Influential voices trying to dilute peoples’ right to decide referendum
Dr Martin ManserghWhy should so vital a civil institution as marriage drop the requirement of equal gender representation, viz. one man and one woman?
Founding intentions
Cathal BarryA new process is being developed to assist Catholic schools rediscover their distinctiveness, writes Cathal Barry
‘I missed my dad’:The voice of a child raised by two mothers
David QuinnA ‘yes’ vote will deliberately deprive children of either a mother or a father, writes David Quinn
It’s wrong to say the referendum doesn’t affect children
Greg DalyChanging the definition of marriage clearly affects children, a leading constitutionalist tells Greg Daly
Christians must challenge globalisation of indifference
Christians should be concerned about the proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, writes Jonny Hanson
Sisters act: Explaining Britain’s good news on vocations
While vocations are stubbornly few in Ireland, the tide is turning in Britain, writes Greg Daly
Most Massgoing Catholics happy with new Missal
We must find a way that acknowledges problems with the Missal while appreciating its fruit says Tim O’Malley