The Society of St Vincent de Paul has welcomed moves by the Central Bank to strengthen measures to protect customers of licenced moneylenders. The proposed measures announced by the Central Bank, if properly enforced, should provide much needed protection to the 340,000 licenced moneylender customers in Ireland, according to the SVP. The society was responding to…
In Episode 7 of The Irish Catholic Podcast, John Quinn meets Jonny Somerville of Scripture Union Ireland, host of the NUA Film Series. The guys discuss how NUA is like a series of Christian FAQs, the centrality of relationship to youth ministry, and promoting in young people “a heart-response to Jesus”. For more on NUA,…
Irish GP, Dr Siobhan Crowley, from the new group of medical professionals the ‘Medical Alliance for the 8th’ spoke at a press conference on Kildare street in Dublin supporting the retention of the Eighth Amendment. Below is the full text of Dr Crowley’s March 22 statement, in which she said: “In the event of repeal,…
BREAKING NEWS Pope Francis has confirmed that he is to visit Ireland this August. Speaking at his general audience today, the Pope stated that he will visit Ireland for the World Meeting of Families, being held in Dublin over August 21-26, culminating in a ‘Festival of Families’ and a closing Mass to be held in…
The death has occurred of Mrs Catherine Martin, mother of the Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin. She was in her 90s when she died in Derry on Wednesday. Mrs Martin’s remains are reposing at 28 Balmoral Avenue, Derry and her funeral Mass will take place on Friday March 23, at 10am in St Patrick’s…
“It seems to be a fact,” wrote Flannery O’Connor in July 1955, “that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.” The American author’s words could…
Padre Pio lived a life of prayer and suffering, writes Greg Daly Padre Pio was a priest with a worldwide following, Pope Paul VI told a gathering of Capuchin Chapter Fathers in 1971, not because he was a philosopher or especially wise or blessed with extensive resources he could use. “No,” he said, his…
Narratives of religious decline in Ireland are overstated, a leading Church number-cruncher has said, as new figures confirm that Ireland’s young adults practice their Faith in surprisingly large numbers. Indeed, Irish young adults remain among the most religious young adults in Europe, with around 24% of young people attending Mass weekly, according to the latest…
The Capuchin saint shocked the world by dedicating his life wholly to God, writes Claire Giangravè During a visit on Saturday, March 17, to the southern Italian town of Pietrelcina, the birthplace of Padre Pio, and San Giovanni Rotondo, where the famous Capuchin stigmatic friar lived for more than 50 years, Pope Francis invited…
An Irish publican organisation said a State agency has “lost perspective” after it said it was illegal for groups of pubs to close on Good Friday. Donall O’Keeffe of the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) told The Irish Catholic that it was a matter for each individual pub to decide their opening hours, after the Competition…
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