Covid-19 forces Knock shrine to close on Feast of Assumption

The Marian shrine at Knock has announced that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the 15th August feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway. ‘Fr Richard Gibbons, rector at Knock, has appealed... Read More

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August 4, 2020

New IRA condemned after hate campaign targets Primate of All-Ireland

The New IRA has been condemned after it launched a hate campaign against the Primate of All-Ireland. Posters targeting the Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, were put up outside St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry, only a short distance from where the terrorist group murdered Lyra McKee last year, The Sunday Life reported. The hate campaign comes only... Read More

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July 25, 2020

Religious persecution in China cannot be ignored, says Aontú leader

Religious persecution, concentration camps and genocide in China cannot be ignored, the leader of an all-Ireland political party has insisted. Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has led calls urging the Irish government to ‘immediately condemn the barbaric measures being used by the Chinese Government to slash the Uighur Muslim population in China’, as well as the... Read More

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July 24, 2020

Irish Minister for Health urged to give assurances on telemedicine abortions

The Irish Minister for Health has a duty to give explicit assurances concerning telemedicine abortions, pro-lifers have said. Their statement comes as the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has refused to definitively state on the record that the system of remote or home access to abortion will cease to happen after the Covid-19 crisis comes... Read More

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July 23, 2020

Vatican nuncio agrees Ireland should rebury babies found in mass grave

The Vatican ambassador to Ireland has backed a campaign to have the government rebury the remains of infants and children found in a mass grave at a Catholic-run home. Campaigners say they hope the support of Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, papal nuncio, will put pressure on the government to act when the report of a... Read More

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July 18, 2020

Footballers appeal for more support following sectarian abuse

Two top Irish Catholic footballers have appealed to footballing authorities to do more to support players who are subjected to abuse. The call comes from wingers Niall McGinn and James McClean, who both recently opened up about the sectarian abuse they have received throughout their careers. Northern Ireland and Aberdeen winger McGinn, 32, has suggested... Read More

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July 17, 2020

Big Jack Charlton was both an English and Irish hero

The Westminster Chaplain for Sport has paid tribute to Jack Charlton, a football legend in both England and Ireland and a man of “integrity and very rare character”. England, Ireland and the sporting world were in mourning last weekend following the death of World Cup winner Charlton at the age of 85. The much-loved football... Read More

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July 17, 2020

Taoiseach pledges to strengthen physical links with Northern Ireland

Ireland’s new Taoiseach has said he will try to get key north-south infrastructure projects “over the line”. January’s New Decade, New Approach deal to restore Stormont powersharing pledged to ‘turbo-charge’ connections between Dublin and Belfast. The Dublin Government also promised to jointly funding cross-border investment on bridges, roads and canals. Micheal Martin recently paid a... Read More

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July 5, 2020

Thousands of abortions in Ireland should be ‘fresh call to conversion’, say bishops

Ireland’s bishops have mourned the thousands of unborn babies who were aborted in the country last year, saying the “staggering” number is a “fresh call to conversion” for politicians and society as a whole. Official statistics, released by the Department of Health and described by pro-life groups as “Ireland’s shame”, revealed that 6,666 abortions were... Read More

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June 30, 2020

Primate of All-Ireland hails ‘day of joy’ as worshippers return to church

The Primate of All-Ireland has hailed a day of joy as worshippers returned to church services for the first time in 15 weeks. The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, paid tribute to healthcare workers who tirelessly served the sick and parishioners who volunteered to carry groceries and other essentials to those living alone. He celebrated... Read More

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Religious persecution in China cannot be ignored, says Aontú leader

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Vatican nuncio agrees Ireland should rebury babies found in mass grave

Footballers appeal for more support following sectarian abuse

Big Jack Charlton was both an English and Irish hero

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