Staff morale at Mary Immaculate College has been “damaged” by the lack of transparency around the failure to appoint a new Head of Theology, a senior lecturer has said. Despite two rounds of interviews since September 2022, MIC has failed to find a new head for its theology department, meaning the department has been without…
Irish bishops have been called to “open the doors” to “vibrant” African priests to re-evangelise Ireland by a bishop from a persecuted diocese in north-east Nigeria. Bishop Oliver Doeme of Maiduguri diocese told The Irish Catholic that Ireland must intensify its devotion to Our Lady to combat “the forces of evil”, after speaking at the All–Ireland…
When I was a young feminist, engaging in fiery discussions with the likes of June Levine, Nell McCafferty, Mary Robinson and Mairín de Burca, there was one principle on which we agreed: this was “the personal is political”. And furthermore, we affirmed that “everything is political”. We young leftists absolutely concurred that politics was part…
If the Government’s solution to prison overcrowding is to simply build more prison spaces, “we’ll be having this conversation in the future as well,” a penal policy advocate with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has said. Reports Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper about recent reports that well over one hundred prisoners, both…
Ireland and Poland are just at different points along the same path when it comes to genuine Catholic faith, writes Jason Osborne from Poland. Life in Poland is a blast from the Catholic, Irish past in some ways. An example of this is that this week Poles enjoy a day off for Corpus Christi, whereas…
Two days after a naked man stood on the high altar of St Peter’s Basilica in a shocking security breach, the basilica’s archpriest on Saturday held a penitential rite as required by canon law in cases where sacred places are desecrated. Vatican News reported that the unidentified man was a Polish national who approached the…
Irish people should celebrate migrants and asylum seekers and let them know the country would be “poorer without their presence here”, the Archbishop of Dublin has said. Speaking during Ecumenical Bible Week in Dublin City Centre, which ran from May 28-June 4, Archbishop Dermot Farrell spoke about the importance of hope and raised the issue…
The View Once upon a time 11 shocked and weary disciples gathered together to mourn the death of their leader, betrayed by the 12th disciple. There must have seemed to be no hope at all. Their leader had told them that he would return to them, but they knew he had died a shocking, terrible…
The Vatican is looking into the transfer of $17 million (€15.8 million) from the US arm of a Church mission to an investment fund, according to the Associated Press. AP reported May 31 that Pope Francis has asked aides to “get to the bottom of how” the money was transferred. The transfers date mostly to…
A parish in Kerry diocese is facing a bill of €100,000 for restorations and has released a plea to former parishioners and descendants of the parish to offer their support. The Sacred Heart Church in Glengarriff, Co. Cork, is “at the heart of our parish”, Fr Niall Howard told The Irish Catholic, adding it is…
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