The Church has to work harder to let parishioners know the good work that is being done to ensure a safe environment for children, a leading priest-psychologist has said. Speaking at the first conference of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI), Msgr Stephen Rosetti explained that last year…

Ireland’s 24th Divine Mercy Conference was a “full house” at the weekend, according to conference organiser Don Devaney. As expected, 3,500 attended on Saturday, with 3,000 coming along on Sunday. Mr Devaney said “having an all-Irish line-up made a difference” and he received a lot of positive feedback on the speakers, with people praising how…

Independent TD Mattie McGrath, who organised Ash Wednesday Mass in Leinster House for the distribution of ashes, said he’d like to see more such liturgies in the corridors of power. Mr McGrath told The Irish Catholic that there was a big interest from deputies, senators and Oireachtas staff. “We had one [a Mass] in November…

Complainant and respondent included in revised standards

A legal expert has questioned the appropriateness of apparent support by An Post of a ‘yes’ vote in the forthcoming referendum on same-sex marriage. It comes as the State-run company produced a stamp to coincide with this weekend’s celebration of St Valentine’s Day which included the international symbol used to promote the redefinition of marriage.…