A huge inquiry into child abuse at the hands of various institutions, both Church and secular, has been underway in Australia for some time now. It is taking place under the auspices of a body called the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Despite the fact that it is investigating a range…
David Mullins Dr Rhona Mahony is Master of Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street. She is a vocal critic of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution which protects the right to life of unborn children. She has spoken frequently about how the amendment affects her work and the work of other medics dealing…
The African Chaplaincy in the Archdiocese of Dublin celebrated its 10-year anniversary over the weekend with music, praise and worship. The celebrations began on Saturday with a choral night in Westmanstown Conference Centre, Blanchardstown which featured praise and worship full of African flavour, in thanksgiving for the life of the chaplaincy in the Irish Church.…
EXCLUSIVE Tens of millions of people would lose their lives in a matter of hours if the US pushes for a military response in Korea, an Irish missionary who has spent almost 50 years working with Koreans has warned. As tensions rise following nuclear weapons tests by North Korea, Fr Denis Monaghan SSC told The…
The fastest growing religion in Ireland is poorly understood as our society’s growing secularism consumes public conscience. It’s been well-documented that between the 2011 and 2016 census a large amount of people no longer identify as Catholic (although it is still overwhelmingly the largest religion at 78.3% of the population). There is one Christian denomination…
The new Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Titular Archbishop of Novic, presented his credentials to President Michael D. Higgins at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin on Tuesday, after which he inspected the guard of honour. Photo: Maxwells
Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin places his zucchetto on a pupil during a visit to the Holy Family Campus in Portlaoise parish where 1,400 children attend the senior and junior schools.
A young festivalgoer visits Trócaire’s stand at the Electric Picnic music festival in Stradbally at the weekend, where team members raised awareness of the current hunger crisis in East Africa under the theme ‘Real News’.
The Vatican has confirmed a decision made by bishops in England and Wales to celebrate the Epiphany and the Ascension on their traditional days next year, a move that has “delighted” bishops. From the First Sunday of Advent 2017, the days reinstated are the Epiphany of the Lord on January 6 (which was transferred to…
The Catholic Church in Indonesia has joined a government sponsored awareness campaign to combat human trafficking as well as violence against women and children. A third central aim is to promote economic justice throughout the sprawling archipelago. The campaign, entitled the ‘3 Ends’, commenced in March 2016 in provincial capitals. Yohana Yembise, Minister of Female…
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