Concerns have been expressed by the Christian community in Turkey after it was reported that a number of Christian churches were attacked during the failed military uprising of July 15. As people took to the streets in defiance of the army factions attempting to seize the country, it is reported that pockets of civilians damaged…
“helping the refugee is a Christian duty and an essential part of the message of the New Testament”, writes Mary Kenny
Stephen Duffy and Kevin Malcolmson awaiting ordination by Clogher’s Bishop Liam MacDaid in Monaghan’s St McCartan’s Cathedral on Sunday, July 24. Fr Duff y and Fr Malcolmson celebrated their first Masses the following evening in their home parish churches, St Patrick’s in Tullycorbet parish and St Mary’s in Aghabog.
Staff reporter A proposal to reduce the time dedicated to religious education in primary schools will further undermine the “distinctive ethos” of Catholic schools, Dr Tom Finegan of The Iona Institute has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week, Dr Finegan criticised pressures being placed on Catholic schools to become ever more secular through a…
Fr Hamel, 84, hailed as martyr for the Faith
Some of the pilgrims as they depart from Dublin Airport on Monday for the World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland. Photo: John McElroy
Kerry County Council lacked necessary state approval to carry out the partial demolition of an ancient holy well in Tralee, the council has admitted. Sundays Well at Lisloose, Tralee, which dates back to pre-Christian times, is believed by some to be the original “pure crystal fountain” famously mentioned in the song The Rose of Tralee.…
The Cardinal Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien was in Ireland at the weekend to preside over the investiture of new knights in the order dedicated to helping Christians in the Holy Land. The cardinal ispictured at a reception following the investiture Mass at St…
The Catholic faith is the greatest gift any mother could give her child, according to a new inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Speaking at the induction ceremony, 12-time All-Star and former National League Rookie of the Year Mike Piazza thanked his mother “for the greatest gift a mother could give a child, the…
Masses for specific ethnic groups should be reduced in the interests of integration, a leading psychiatrist has suggested. Questioning the wisdom of Dublin’s Polish community having its own church – St Audeon’s Church on High Street – Prof. Patricia Casey told The Irish Catholic she thinks it would be healthier if “there would be no…
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