Too many people in Ireland are homeless or at risk of homelessness for politicians to be engaged in political point-scoring on the issue, homeless charities have said. Responding to Environment Minister Alan Kelly’s criticisms of local authorities, who he said needed “to step up to the mark” in order to help tackle Ireland’s homelessness crisis,…

The acting president of the Christian Solidarity Party has said he is hopeful for a “renewal” of the party ahead of the next general election. Speaking to The Irish Catholic ahead of the party’s Ard Fheis this weekend, Cathal Ashbourne Loftus said “we hope to get renewal because we are tired and we haven’t achieved…

On Saturday over 1,000 participants took part in the national dawn walk for cancer which involved a 10km journey over Mount Leinster, from The Nine Stones to the picturesque village of Myshall, Co. Carlow.Bishop Denis Nulty, broadcaster Olivia O’Learyand Donal Walsh’s mother Elma took part in the event which was organised by the Irish Cancer…

Bishop Phoncie Cullinan (second right) and a group of pilgrims from the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore, including newly ordained Fr Shane O’Neill (right), strike a pose while undertaking a section of the Camino de Santiago with focus on prayer for vocation.

17 new seminarians begin formation

Anti-euthanasia campaigners have called on Ireland’s media to avoid groupthink and follow the example of Britain’s newspapers in facilitating a relatively balanced debate on assisted suicide.  Speaking in advance of a September 11 House of Commons debate on an assisted suicide bill being introduced by Labour MP Robert Marris, Hope Ireland director Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick…

The founder of the Legion of Mary stands “as a model of robust lay leadership in the Church” according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Speaking at Mass in the parish of St Peter’s in Phibsborough, which was followed by the dedication of a room in honour of Frank Duff, Archbishop Martin said the “lack of trust…

A leading Irish bishop has said he would welcome a “pastoral solution” which would allow divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion. Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin told The Irish Catholic he would support such a solution provided it was in keeping with the Church’s teaching on the indissolubility of marriage. Responding to the challenges…