Personal Profile New Pastoral Manager at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) Chaplaincy, Shannon Campbell is rooted in both Catholicism and ecumenism. Having attended QUB to study post-primary education and having been actively involved in the chaplaincy’s pastoral team during her years there, time has shown Shannon its circular face. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, she attributed…
Longford-based dairy farmer Mike Magan [pictured] has made an appeal to his fellow farmers to get a “plane load of whole milk powder” for those suffering in Yemen. While watching an RTÉ feature on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Yemen, Mr Magan was struck by the image of a father feeding his starving child with…
A priest famous for his humanitarian work, particularly with victims of childhood sexual abuse, Fr Shay Cullen of the Preda Foundation has criticised one of Netflix’s latest offering Cuties, describing it as “playing into the whole paedophilia-sex industry”. The film follows a group of 11-year-old girls as they take to ‘twerking’ – a dance form…
Meath TD Peadar Tóibín has called on the Government to condemn the “barbaric measures” the Chinese government are using against the Uighur Muslim population in China. In a letter sent to prominent Government figures, the Aontú leader referred to the ‘demographic genocide’ being carried out on China’s Uighur population, spoken of by international experts. He…
Netflix has come under criticism, mainly from those on the conservative spectrum, on a number of occasions in recent years for some of the content their platform hosts. However, this all paled into the distance with the release of one of their latest movies, Cuties. Senegalese-French director MaïmounaDoucouré’s debut film, Cuties is described as a…
In response to a question by columnist David Quinn at a NPHET press briefing, Dr Ronan Glynn referred to Mass as “less important” in the context of the pandemic. Following on from Mr Quinn’s question about why Dublin appears as an “outlier” in terms of the harsher restrictions re-imposed here, compared to those currently in…
Personal Profile While he finds himself ministering to the vibrant, albeit restricted, student body at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) these days, Fr Liam Boyle’s beginnings didn’t indicate this setting in later life. “As a young child, or even as a young teenager, I didn’t have any strong faith. There were certainly points where I…
Assisted suicide and euthanasia have been described as “an assault on most vulnerable in our society” by leading theologian Prof. Eamonn Conway. It comes on the heels of People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny’s launch of a Dying with Dignity Bill, which seeks to legalise assisted suicide. The bill is currently before the Dáil, with…
A controversial Irish priest who has been in a dispute with the Vatican for several years over his views on priesthood and the Eucharist has rejected a plan from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that would have restored him to public ministry. Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery has been forbidden to exercise public ministry…
Homeless charity Depaul has revealed that they’ve helped 256 people to leave direct provision centres since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. This figure involves 140 adults and 116 children, with 55 families included. The charity worked exclusively with people who’d been granted legal status to remain in Ireland, across seven counties. Depaul’s CEO, David…