Chai Brady and Brandon Scott The riots that convulsed Dublin’s inner-city last week are a symptom of a wider “social discontent” particularly over inadequate housing and the inability to access even basic things, priests in the heart of the capital have warned. After the stabbing of three children and a carer on Parnell Square…
Mary Immaculate College’s failure to appoint a Head of Theology is “ridiculous”, a senior lecturer at the Catholic college has said, warning that the longer the situation continues, “the greater the damage to the college’s reputation”. Dr Cathy Swift in a letter to The Irish Catholic also warned that the failure adds to concerns that the college’s…
An assurance from the Department of Health that pro-life marches won’t be affected by new exclusion zone legislation has been dubbed “incredibly vague”. Following a query from The Irish Catholic regarding so-called ‘safe-access zones’ around abortion providers, the department said in a statement: “There is no intention to criminalise bona fide protest marches which incidentally…
Whenever, as a youngster, I got involved in some prank, mischief or general boldness, the Loreto nuns would have recourse to the reprimand that I was just “looking for attention”. I was, they would say, just a “notice-box”. Bless them – how little did they realise what the future held, and into what age we…
Ben Dunne did “the Christian thing” and forgave his captors, according to the son of the iconic and controversial Irish businessman whose funeral took place on Tuesday, November 28. The former managing director of Dunnes Stores was also remembered by chief celebrant Fr Damian O’Reilly as a “generous and caring” man who “cherished” the Christian…
Bishop Michael Router paid tribute to a priest whose “presence spoke volumes” and “left an impression” on those who knew him at the funeral of Armagh priest, Fr Brian White. Fr White, 46, died on Wednesday November 8 at his home in Tullysaran, Co. Armagh. His funeral took place Sunday November 12 at the Church of…
It is an iron law of nature that any species which fails to reproduce is doomed to extinction. The same goes for nations, and whole civilisations. Western civilisation is now several decades into a downward spiral of declining birth rates, and its future is profoundly uncertain. For a modern society to maintain a stable population,…
Learning how to thank God is not only spiritually fruitful but necessary, writes Bill Dodds Most of us were toddlers when we learned to say “please” and “thank you”. We were a little older when we fell into the habit of asking, begging, nagging, whining, “Please, please, please, please, ple-e-e-e-e-e-ease!” Older still when we began…
Deacon Dominic Cerrato In recent years, the Catholic Church in Germany embarked on an ambitious and controversial project known as the “German Synodal Way”. This initiative, which sought to address various issues within the Church, including governance, the role of women, and the Church’s teaching on sexuality, has stirred significant attention and debate within…
Everything must be done to ensure no repeat of the riots in Dublin, but first we must fully understand what happened, writes David Quinn Everyone was horrified by the scenes that unfolded in Dublin city centre on Thursday evening. It was an event that will be talked about and analysed for a long time to…
Ruadhán Jones
Chai Brady
Mary Kenny
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