Exclusion zones are an infringement on democracy, writes Denise Kelly One of the greatest challenges for the pro-life movement is in combating false public perceptions – perceptions that by and large are created by those most vociferous in opposing what we stand for. I get where the motivation comes from. If you’re going to…
Families must allow and “support” their loved ones to become priests in light of a shortage in vocations, Ireland’s newest bishop has said. Bishop Fintan Gavin (53) made the call at his ordination over the weekend, which saw him take the reins of the Diocese of Cork and Ross. The diocese is particularly afflicted by…
Britain should do more to remember the victims of its religious persecution, writes Francis Campbell On this day in 1681, a short distance from this studio, an innocent man was hanged, drawn and quartered. That was the punishment for high treason. Today, July 1, marks his feast day for he was St Oliver Plunkett.…
An Ikea worker in Poland has filed a lawsuit after being fired last week for posting Bible verses opposing homosexual behaviour on the company’s intranet. Identified in local media as Tomasz K, the worker is suing after he was terminated from his position at the furniture store in Krakow. Poland Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro…
Fr Bernard Cotter reflects on the challenges Cork & Ross faces Bishop John Buckley became Bishop of Cork & Ross in February 1998. For over 20 years he has been a shepherd to people in need of care in his diocese. Very few people who spent more than a few days in any Cork…
Sources close to Conor Gannon, the former Rome-based Dublin seminarian falsely accused in 2018 of being kicked out of the Irish College in Rome for a sexual liason with another seminarian has said that Mr Gannon is “greatly relieved that he can now move on with his life”. Claim In recent days Mr Gannon received…
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said in an article published last Friday that the unity of the Church has always prevailed over internal struggles and affirmed that there is currently only one Pope. “The Pope is one, it is Francis,” Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said in an interview with an Italian magazine published by Corriere Della Sera…
A new report issued by the Central Statistics Office claims that Irish Protestants live longer than Irish Catholics – comparing 563 Protestant deaths per 100,000 persons as against 660 Catholic deaths. One historian, Dr Ida Milne, attributed this trend to Protestants probably having a thriftier and more frugal lifestyle. Protestants see thrift as a virtue –…
The US Diocese of New Ulm has announced that it has reached a $34m (€30m) settlement with victims of clerical sexual abuse. “The settlement represents our commitment to finding a fair resolution for victims and survivors of sexual abuse while continuing our ministry for those we serve throughout south and west central Minnesota,” Bishop John…
The announcement that Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-Century founder of UCD, will be canonised on October 13 has been hailed as “wondrous news” by the director of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fr Bill Dailey CSC said: “It’s wondrous news for everyone associated with Newman University…
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