Perhaps it is just me, but the first thing that sprung to mind when I read that the Gardaí had sealed off Mullahoran in Cavan yesterday to prevent people attending Mass, was how similar their reason given was to other places in other times. According to the official statement issued, the Gardaí were stopping people […]
St Patrick is now one of the world’s best known Catholic figures but the earliest known celebration of the saint is believed to have been held on March 17, 1631, marking the anniversary of his death in the 5th century. In that year, bubonic plague raged across parts of Europe, especially impacting Italy where the epidemic […]
Fr. Brendan has a deft turn of phrase to explain the matrix that is Irish Catholicism.
The Irish Bishops’ Conference has criticised the inertia of the government in addressing concerns of the religious in Ireland – a watershed moment as up to now, the Bishops have instructed priests across the country to adhere to Government restrictions. The Bishops have collectively, publicly, called on the Government to ease the restrictions on public […]
In an astonishing revelation, it has been claimed the Vatican actively intervened to prevent the release of a statement from US Bishops which was critical of Joe Biden’s policies of abortion ahead of the President’s inauguration. This ensured that a statement from Pope Francis, widely seen as a “warm blessing” for Biden, was firstly issued and made headlines. The Pillar […]
Facebook has censored a video by a Mexican cardinal claiming world leaders are attempting to create a new world order through coronavirus restrictions.
BEN SCALLAN: Through years of propaganda, Irish people have been successfully conditioned to hate their own culture, and for some reason nobody is talking about it. #gript
Three Waterford men standing outside the doors of the city’s Most Holy Trinity cathedral were arrested on Sunday.
Freedom of expression, in a free society, is not unlimited but it should be allowed a very wide gate to run through. It is limited by other rights that belong to others – the right to a good name, to not be libelled as well as the right not to have violence incited against a […]
After thousands of people complained, RTE has now said it will remove a sketch which said God had raped the Mother of Christ from the station’s Player and apologised for broadcasting the item. More than 7,000 people had signed a petition calling for an apology started by Becky Kealy of Aontú, while the station also […]
“Every devout Catholic should at this stage be boycotting RTE and refusing to renew your TV license,” Fr. Mulligan insisted.
According to an RTE puff piece about its adult, animated satire series, Fantasy Ireland, we Irish ‘can laugh at ourselves’ and poke fun at ‘our sacred cows’. ‘No topic is off limits’. Yeah, right as we are wont to say down in Cork. The only thing that is the stuff of fantasy here is the […]