Irish L’Arche Community Leaders are in “shock” and “anger” at what they see as the “betrayal” of founder Jean Vanier after revelations that he sexually abused multiple women. The heads of the charity’s four centres in Cork, Kilkenny, Dublin and Belfast spoke to The Irish Catholic about their ongoing work to help staff and supporters…
The rejection of a Christian ethics course by Mary Immaculate College (MIC) has been strongly criticised by the Bishop of Elphin, who has speculated in correspondence to the president of the college that he and the college must have come under “some kind of pressure”. A strongly worded exchange between MIC President Eugene Wall and…
The ‘free movement of peoples’ is one of the most strongly-held tenets of the European Union. It would not be too much to say that the EU’s absolute adherence to this principle was one of the triggers of Brexit. David Cameron, as British Prime Minister, begged the EU to allow the UK some leeway on…
Catholic boxer Tyson Fury gave thanks to God in his victory speech after being crowned the WBC heavyweight champion at the weekend. Tyson ‘Gypsy King’ Fury defeated the previously unbeaten Deontay Wilder in their eagerly-anticipated world title rematch at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Arena on February 22. Mr Fury, 31, was handed the WBC belt…
The View One mercy of the General Election is that it diminished attention to the actual moment of Brexit on January 31. Brexit was not an election issue, given all-party agreement and support, but history will give credit, absent from the ballot box, to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon…
Priests around the country have been taking precautions due to the threat of the flu and coronavirus. While some efforts have been made in asking the congregation to pray for peace instead of offering a handshake and changing out holy water, many priests are wary of causing panic in their parish. Fr Tom Clowe PP…
An archdiocese in South Korea has suspended all Masses for two weeks and cancelled the Ash Wednesday liturgy in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus at religious gatherings. Archbishop Thaddeus Cho Hwan-kil of Daegu has banned all Church meetings until March 5 after new cases were reported from Christian congregations in parishes and…
The world is better for their presence over the years, writes David Quinn The record of the nuns is under attack again. The latest accusation is one of racism against children of ‘mixed race’ who found themselves in Mother and Baby homes and other Church-run institutions. The last Mother and Baby home closed down several…
US presidential candidate Joe Biden has highlighted his Catholic Faith in a new campaign advertisement released last week. The Democratic Party representative hopes focusing on religion will boost his ratings after seeing a sharp decline in his poll numbers following recent losses in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. Mr Biden, who is a…
Women are 14 times more likely than men to be killed by disasters resulting from climate change according to a report released by Trócaire. Released on Tuesday it notes that despite barriers for women engaging in decisions on climate change they “are often at the forefront of tackling climate change and human rights abuses and…
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