The incoming Archbishop of Dublin has warned that the current push to legalise euthanasia sends a message that some lives are less valuable than others. Archbishop-elect Dermot Farrell also said that what he described as a “vulnerable class” of people are going to suffer if the bill were to come into law. He called on…
Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world. Most people are not aware of this fact, partly because of the lack of media reporting. One country where Christians face continuous persecuted is Pakistan. Christians make up a small minority of Pakistan’s population, around 1-2% of the population. Pakistan has over two hundred million…
The new Archbishop of Dublin has appealed to Catholics to put their shoulders to the wheel and join him in the work of revitalising the Church in the capital. In an extensive interview with The Irish Catholic ahead of his installation next week, Archbishop-elect Dermot Farrell has also urged Catholics to bring their ideas to…
Veteran exorcist Fr Pat Collins has warned that the ‘Evil One’ may be exploiting a lack of faith to bring about a surge of fear and anxiety during the pandemic. This comes on the back of recent research which shows that Irish people are amongst the most afraid of contracting Covid-19 in Europe, alongside respondents…
Groups working to end homelessness have warned of a large increase of new people at risk of losing their homes when measures to protect tenancies during the pandemic are lifted. The Government has implemented an eviction ban and rent freeze during level 5 restrictions, which are due to be in place until at least March…
The governor of Castlerea Prison has moved to reassure people that using the back of the prison’s chapel as a staff area is a “temporary” measure in order to accommodate social distancing due to the pandemic. After concerns were raised anonymously to this paper a spokesperson for the prison said there had been some couches…
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has commended the Loreto Sisters for a century of selfless service to humanity and outstanding contribution to his country’s growth. The six founders arrived in Kenya from Ireland in 1921 and established the Loreto Eastern Africa Province which has been able to initiate 24 educational institutions in three African countries,…
The Church must preach the Gospel, even if that is unpopular Archbishop-elect Dermot Farrell tells Michael Kelly When Dr Dermot Farrell is installed as Archbishop of Dublin next week it will be quite unlike any such episcopal installation in the capital in recent memory. The ceremony in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral on February 2 – the…
It is so welcome, and so fitting, that Pope Francis has just declared the late French geneticist Jérome Lejeune as ‘venerable’. Prof. Lejeune, who discovered the chromosome that causes Down Syndrome, was surely a saintly man, as well as a very distinguished scientist. Before he identified this chromosomal difference in 1958, the condition was called…
Irish Olympian Jerry Kiernan will be remembered as a man of “great integrity and faith”, according to Fr Tom O’Keeffe of Cabinteely parish. “Everyone who left St Brigid’s Boys school would say Jerry was a tremendous influence on their lives, a man of great integrity and deep faith indeed too,” Fr O’Keeffe said. Mr Kiernan’s…
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