Staff reporter Loved ones lost during the Troubles were remembered during the ‘Courage to Lament’ ecumenical service in Belfast on Tuesday, June 21. Held in St Anne’s Cathedral, the service was led by Christian Church leaders and two women whose lives have been impacted by the violence. During the service, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate…
Irish delegation attends tenth WMOF in Rome An Irish delegation has travelled to Rome to attend the 10th World Meeting of Families which began Wednesday. Families, along with Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty, travelled over to attend the event on the theme ‘Family love: a vocation and…
Staff reporter Would-be pilgrims to the Holy Land were among those who attended the launch of Michael Kelly’s new book in the Newman University Church in Dublin. Hosted by the Notre Dame Centre for Faith and Reason, which is based at the historic church, the launch explored themes connected with the book An Irish Pilgrimage…
Michael D. Higgins is a very popular president, and I think there’s a special reason why he is well suited to the Irish temperament. Many outsiders who have observed Ireland and the Irish have remarked that a feature of Irish life is a difference between what people say in the public sphere – and what…
The Catholics attending Mass at St Francis Xavier Church on Pentecost did not know how much it would cost to participate in the suffering of Jesus, said Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo. “How much do we understand when he says to us, ‘The time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is…
The View In 2018, then Tánaiste Simon Coveney said that he was willing to support repeal of the 8th amendment and legalisation of abortion on demand to 12 weeks because he had been assured there would be “strict guidelines”, including a three-day waiting period for women to reflect on the decision before they underwent an abortion.…
As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on and joint funerals are held for the soldiers who died, Catholic military chaplains say they still see faith, hope and humanity in the soldiers with whom they minister. “It is a very special vocation to be a man of God among those who are called to defend, to…
More than 8,000 people tuned in to witness the final profession of a new Poor Clare sister to the convent in Nun’s Island, Galway. The profession ceremony of former UCHG dermatology nurse Sr Clare Marie, was live-streamed, a first for the community which has had a presence in Galway for nearly 400 years. ‘Touching’, ‘calming’,…
Insult and bitterness are all the rage in modern discussions about the deep topics, but as Catholics we must model a different way, writes Jason Osborne I’m not sure if it’s always been like this, but discussions today about many, many topics – be it religion, politics, or otherwise – are more often fraught, tense…
An immediate scaling up of aid is now the only hope to avoid starvation for hundreds of thousands of people, writes Liam Fitzpatrick Forty-eight seconds. In the time it takes to brew a cup of coffee, one person in the Horn of Africa is likely dying of hunger in one of the most severe humanitarian…
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