The Irish Government has decried the “alarming” and “concerning” crackdown on the rights of the Church in Nicaragua under President Daniel Ortega’s regime. The Irish bishops’ conference is also being urged by Irish missionaries to show solidarity with Nicaraguan Catholics. Repression of freedom of religion and expression in Nicaragua are causing a “deterioration in human…
Bishop Kevin Doran has said it is not for bishops or any member of the Catholic faithful to “cancel” Christ’s invitation to the Eucharist for certain groups. In his homily at Knock, August 21, the bishop of Elphin said he “would seriously question whether I as a bishop, or you as a member of the…
The Catholic faith of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins’ shaped his political vision of Ireland’s future freedom, a relative has said. Collins’ vision for Ireland’s path to freedom was marked by his Catholic spirituality, according to Michael O’Mahony, grandson of Collins’ older brother Johnny. “There’s a lot in his political remarks about the path to freedom…
A priest has described the “sorrow and sadness” of a Limerick community after a son was killed and father hospitalised in an attack in Kildare town over the weekend. Fr Chris O’Donnell of Kilmallock parish, where the late Dylan McCarthy (29) was from, said that people in the town are devasted and “everybody is heartbroken”.…
Israel Olatunde raced to a new Irish 100-metre record in Munich last week, when he crossed the line in 10.17 seconds. “What God blesses, no man can curse,” Mr Olatunde said on Twitter in the wake of his sporting success. The Dundalk native made history by becoming the first Irish athlete to qualify for a…
University chaplains have spoken out about the added anxiety the lack of student accommodation is causing students ahead of the next academic year. This comes as Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has urged homeowners to consider renting out rooms to students ahead of the start of the new academic year. Speaking to…
A secretary general of the synodal pathway has been appointed to promote synodality in the Church in Ireland and coordinate the work of the national synodal pathway. The appointee, Julieann Moran, will also support Ireland’s contribution to the ‘Synod on Synodality’ initiated by Pope Francis for 2021-2023 with the theme, ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion,…
Staff reporter Irish bishops have paid tribute to “kind and gentle pastor” Bishop Séamus Freeman SAC, former bishop of the Diocese of Ossory, following his death over the weekend. Apostolic administrator of Ossory, Bishop Denis Nulty said Bishop Freeman served the Church “faithfully for many years” including in his worldwide leadership of the Pallotine Order…
When my son Ed visited Hungary recently, the first thing that greeted him at the airport was a large billboard with a picture of two parents with three children, bearing the slogan “Hungary Welcomes Families”. Indeed, that is the policy of Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister. Orban is much criticised in western Europe, but his…
Catholic nuns from a missionary order in the Philippines have denounced a criminal charge accusing them of financing terrorism and violating the country’s anti-terrorism law. Ucanews.com reported the nuns from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines issued a statement August 18 to denounce the criminal charge filed by the Department of Justice. The nuns termed…
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