Persecuted Christian Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row until her release last year, has reached Canada and is now reunited with her family. David Turner, Director of Church in Chains in Ireland, described it as “an encouraging day for Christians in Pakistan, for Asia justice has finally been done, but there’s a…
Migrants are not a threat to a nation’s cultures, traditions and value, Pope Francis has said. Every nation is a product of immigration and the integration of diverse peoples, united by specific values, cultures and “healthy traditions”, he said. That is why any nation that “stirs up nationalistic sentiments in its people against other nations…
Exclusive Latest figures show some congregations face ‘unsustainable’ future Greg Daly, Chai Brady and Colm Fitzpatrick The financial situation of many religious orders in Ireland is at breaking point, with some admitting that their future is financially unsustainable, an investigation by The Irish Catholic has revealed. Overall, the majority of orders in Ireland are spending vastly more than…
Ireland’s religious orders are increasingly facing financial challenges, write Greg Daly, Chai Brady and Colm Fitzpatrick The frantic call for funds to restore Notre Dame de Paris after the disastrous fire at the start of Holy Week will have baffled many, as will have done stories some months ago about how Ireland’s Diocese of Waterford…
When people of my generation look back at the subject of sex education, I think many would conclude that it was frankly woeful. Basically, there wasn’t any ‘education’ in what was then known, euphemistically, although not untruthfully, as ‘the facts of life’. It was considered indelicate to explain too much, and much energy was expended…
Greg Daly, Chai Brady and Colm Fitzpatrick Headline figures from the Charities Regulator can be somewhat misleading, according to Fr Bill Toner, Treasurer of Ireland’s Jesuits, who explains that in the first place the Irish province’s accounts are divided between a range of trusts. “What happened with us is that the treasurer way, way…
The View Martin Mansergh The Easter period in the Christian calendar is a time of both death and resurrection. When tragedy strikes, there is a challenge, when people are faced by a great and wholly unexpected setback to try and find a transformative response. Three such events occurred around this Easter. The largest-scale events…
A Belfast-based priest remains modest about how his words pricked the conscience of politicians, writes Colm Fitzpatrick When a Belfast-based priest gave the homily at the funeral of a murdered journalist last month, it wasn’t expected that his words would have any long-term effect. The remarks would, of course, touch the hearts and minds…
The South West Province of the Presentation Sisters are in the process of donating three acres of valuable land in Cork city to charity. The site of the Presentation Convent in Turner’s Cross is set to be donated to the Good Shepherd Sisters in Cork who run Edel House, in order to “alleviate the housing…
Though far away from the centre of the action in Rome, Bishop Celestino Aos, the temporary head of the embattled Archdiocese of Santiago, Chile, has a tough job. He’s replacing a cardinal being investigated for cover-up of clerical sexual abuse, whose predecessor is also being questioned by local prosecutors. During the Easter season, Bishop Aos…
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