St Angela’s College Sligo are confident that its Catholic ethos will be protected, as the Minister for Higher Education has given the go-ahead for its incorporation into Sligo IT. The Irish Catholic understands that the board of St Angela’s is satisfied with the protections being put in place for the new incorporation. It will have…
Staff Reporter To mark the centenary of the Legion of Mary, The Irish Catholic will next week publish a specially-dedicated souvenir edition looking at the remarkable life of Frank Duff and the tremendous work of the enormous lay organisation he founded. Charting the humble beginnings of the legion to being the largest movement ever to…
Letter from Iraq Dale Gavlak Walking through this mainly Christian town outside of Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, it’s easy to see many changes since the victims of Islamic State militants fled here for safety seven years ago. Gone are the tents and caravans that dotted church yards and open fields to house those…
Pope Francis prays for Wisconsin parade victims Pope Francis is praying for the people injured and killed by an SUV that ploughed into marchers during a Christmas parade in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, the Vatican press office said last Tuesday. A message sent to Archbishop Jerome E Listecki of Milwaukee said that the Pope was…
Children’s Corner Not many people have come across black lights, or even have them in their house although they are easy enough to come by particularly at a time when people are buying things online – something that has increased due to the pandemic. Black lights allow materials and substances invisible to the human eye…
Karl I, destined to be the last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (where he ruled as Karoly IV), succeeded on the death of his great-uncle Franz Joseph who had blundered into war with Serbia and so opened the way to the ruin of Europe. When the Emperor Karl gave up the government of…
Why are so many people leaving their Churches? There is no one answer to that question. People are complex. Faith is complex. The issues are complex. Looking at the question, it can be helpful to distinguish among a number of groups. The ‘Nones’, the ‘Dones’, the ‘Spiritual-but-not-Religious’, the ‘Indifferent’, the ‘Angry’, and the ‘Marginalised’. While…
The Sunday Gospel “The Word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.” I really love Advent. Each season of the liturgical year has its own rich spirituality, but I think Advent has the message that is most relevant at the moment, at least in the state of the Church in Western…
Editor’s Comment The Most Reluctant Convert is a film that traces the spiritual journey of the renowned author of The Chronicles of Narnia Belfast-born C.S. Lewis. It explores the impact friends had on the committed atheist and how they forced Lewis to question his own disbelief. The title of the film is taken from Lewis’ own description of…
NASA launches spacecraft to kick asteroid off course A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid – a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth – blasted off last week from California. It may sound like science fiction, but the DART…
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