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Israeli Arab Christians dressed up as Santa Claus wait for the start of the annual Christmas parade in the  northern Israeli city of Nazareth. Photo: AP

The director of the Palestrina Choir in Dublin’s pro-cathedral has described as a “shame” the decision by RTÉ to axe Tim Thurston’s popular Sunday morning radio programme, Gloria. Blánaid Murphy told The Irish Catholic that the programme was “much loved” and would be a “great loss” to Lyric FM. “It was a much-loved programme that…

The annual Christmas retreat organised by Youth 2000 attracted its biggest crowd to date, with 650 teens descending on Newbridge College in Co. Kildare on the weekend before Christmas. Youth 2000 is a spiritual initiative established for young people aged 16-35 to draw them back to a relationship with Jesus, especially in the Eucharist.  The…

Referendum proposal ‘blinkered’ –PLC The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has condemned as “blinkered” comments by government minister Simon Harris that there should be a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. PLC Deputy Chairperson Cora Sherlock said that the minister of state’s call was “indicative of the blinkered attitude of this Government when it comes to…

An iconic Limerick church is to remain open with American help. Four apostolic sisters from the Nashville, Tennessee-based Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia will move into the priory at St Saviour’s Church on Glentworth Street in August 2016, keeping alive the Dominican order’s almost 800-year association with Limerick. St Saviour’s was one of five Dominican…

Dublin’s St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral has urged people to donate unwanted Christmas presents to the needy rather than return them to the shops. On Christmas Day, hundreds of people living in homeless and emergency accommodation received gifts from the diocese’s social care agency, Crosscare, that were donated to the Pro following Christmas 2014. St Mary’s Administrator…