The Diocese of Kerry is “shocked” after an ice-cream van ploughed through the gates of a church and through its entrance in Tralee last night causing extensive damage. The vehicle is believed to have been travelling at speed as it crashed through the locked iron gates of St John’s Parish Church and through the front…
Defending the weak or hopeless and becoming a servant to those most in need is the best promotion one can ever receive, Pope Francis told new and old cardinals. “None of us must feel ‘superior’ to anyone. None of us should look down at others from above. The only time we can look at a…
Elise Harris In his latest move on the Chilean clerical abuse crisis, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca of Talca, and Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić of Rancagua, both of whom have come under fire for their reaction to abuse allegations. Valenzuela, 64, is one of four bishops…
Josepha Madigan urged to listen to ‘distressed’ parishioners Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has accused Minister Josepha Madigan of having exploited a mix-up at a parish to advocate that the Church should change core teachings. The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, who led Fine Gael’s campaign to repeal the constitutional protections for unborn children, has…
The Vatican has given its strongest indication yet that the Irish Church in Ireland should act to prevent abortions from taking place in hospitals owned by religious orders. “The Church cannot be a party to the dirty work of others [abortion] and I don’t think that it is right that the law [in Ireland] now…
Organisers of this August’s World Meeting of Families (WMOF) are confident that they have robust mechanisms in place to prevent efforts to sabotage attendance at the gathering’s two final papal events. A Facebook page protesting against Pope Francis’ visit is encouraging people to book but not use large numbers of free tickets to ensure a…
Some people are stroppy and rebellious when they are young. They proclaim themselves red-hot socialists and challenge the inherited traditions of their society. Then, as time goes by and they gain experience in life, they begin to revise or modify some of their youthful opinions. Shouting “property is theft” – the famous anti-capitalist slogan coined…
A parish priest who anointed injured mourners immediately after they were struck by a car driven by a visiting priest has called for prayer for those recovering. Several people were injured, some severely, in the incident which occurred at about 10.20am on Monday at Mary Immaculate Church in Clondalkin, Co. Dublin. People were gathered from…
The View Martin Mansergh An Irish Independent headline earlier this month on an article about Pope Francis’ forthcoming visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families declared: ‘Pope will find no tales of princes of the Church in his choice of venues’. The focus would be on the poor, the homeless, and the…
Even the right to baptise your child is now being questioned, writes David Quinn We are definitely in a radically new cultural moment when even the practice of infant baptism is called into question and by no less a person than our former president, Mary McAleese. If the right of Catholics to baptise their…
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