The Irish Medical Council has recently issued a new 9th edition of the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics. This is a very important document for medical doctors, because it is against this code that their professional conduct and practice is measured. Unfortunately, there are “numerous defects” in the new edition of the guide, according…
A spokesperson for the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has welcomed the recently agreed EU Pact on Migration and Asylum but cautioned that there is room for improvement. Speaking at a high-Level meeting between the European Commission and religious leaders on the theme ‘The European Way of Life in times…
Australian actress Sarah Snook took the opportunity upon winning an Emmy for her role as Shiv Roy, the lead actress in the popular series, Succession, to thank her baby daughter for the award. Born just as the show’s final season was airing, Ms Snook said that her then-unborn daughter’s “proximity” gave her the strength to perform…
Kenya-based Kiltegan missionary Fr Gabriel Dolan SPS who has risked his life to support the poor and vulnerable was awarded a 2023 Presidential Distinguished Service Award by President Michael D. Higgins last week. Following the award, Fr Dolan told The Irish Catholic he was “honoured” and that he believes “it’s a recognition that the Church…
What do the Scottish poet Robbie Burns and St Paul the Evangelist have in common? As I’ve only recently learned, they share January 25 as their special day. The Scots eat haggis and drink whisky on ‘Burns Night’ to commemorate their national bard, who so memorably authored ‘Auld Lang Syne’, and ‘To a Mouse’. St…
Family is a key Catholic value, so why don’t we hear more from the Church on family homes? writes Michael Kelly I only met former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald once in my life. It was in late 2007, and though out of office for more than 20 years at that stage, he swiftly proceeded to give…
There is no place for wellbeing programmes that “deny” the Catholic Church’s unique understanding of humanity in Catholic schools, a major international conference attended by Ireland’s leading educators has heard. Speaking at the Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education (GRACE) conference at the University of Notre Dame Australia in Perth last week, Irish theologian Prof. Eamonn…
We have a Government that does not like public debate going out of their control, writes David Quinn There is misinformation, disinformation and one I would like to add to that list, namely under-information. All three of these things can badly distort the public’s understanding of any given issue. Imagine this as an Agatha Christie…
The Church’s view of life as a gift informs its view of the practice of surrogacy, writes Maria Wiering “The gift of life which God the Creator and Father has entrusted to man calls him to appreciate the inestimable value of what he has been given and to take responsibility for it.” So begins the…
Barrister Grace Sullivan has warned that the Government’s proposed hate speech bill could leave religious groups and pro-life advocates open to accusations of hate speech. Ms Sullivan suggested that many won’t fully grasp the far-reaching implications of the bill until it is passed into legislation and enforced in society. Speaking with The Sunday Independent, Ms…
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