A Catholic Church in Co. Kerry has been defaced with a painting of a Satanist pentagram on the front entrance. Gardaí have launched a criminal investigation after Holy Cross Church in Kenmare was found vandalised on Sunday morning as parishioners entered for 9:00 a.m. Mass. The entrance to the church was painting with an inverted […]
Was vigil for Ashling interrupted?
Pope Francis has called for the world to “act decisively” to stamp out human trafficking and female genital mutilation, which he called a “scourge.” The comments were made on Sunday as the Pope gave his weekly Angelus address to crowds at Saint Peter’s Square. “Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital […]
According to a new survey, 78% of parents in Ireland support the Church having a role in Catholic school ethos. The survey, entitled Articulating A New Positioning For Catholic Education In Ireland, included 500 parents. It was comissioned by the Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA), the Catholic Education Partnership (CEP) and the Association of […]
Patron saint
Independent Cork TD Michael Collins has hit out at politicians who he claims seized on the death of Ashling Murphy to advance “sad points of view.” Following the killing of Murphy, a 23-year-old Offaly native, People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith took to the Dáil to lay culpability at the feet of Catholic schools for […]
The percentage of those going regularly to church is quite small, maybe less than 10%
An African Catholic cardinal has said that illegal immigration into Europe is leading the continent to “self-destruction,” adding that the West should instead help to develop third world nations so migrants can stay home. Conservative clergyman Robert Sarah from the African nation of Guinea made the remarks following the tragic deaths of 27 alleged asylum […]
St. Colmán is referenced and presented in many different sources such as the Irish Annals, geneologies and martyrologies. Born around 530 AD, he is associated through Irish genealogy, with the leading ruling dynasty of Munster of the time, with the Éoganachta, centred in Cashel from the 6th – 10th centuries. Colmán is remembered as the […]
The Traditional Story Tested Against the Evidence. “The Gunpowder Plot” of 1605 – known at the time as the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason -was billed as a failed assassination plot against Protestant King James I of England by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The official story was that […]
Sir David Amess stabbed at clinic at church grounds
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