Hundreds of protesters gathered in Belfast today as the first private abortion clinic on the island of Ireland welcomed new patrons on it’s opening day. The group included around 50 pro-life supporters from the Republic of Ireland, who came out to vigorously protest the opening of the Marie Stopes Abortion Clinic on Belfast’s Great...
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There are few events which can draw throngs of surfers, two Catholic priests, a Tongan choir and the inventor of the boogie board to the beaches of Orange County, California on a beautifully bright Sunday morning. They were among the 3,000 faithful gathered for the 5th annual Blessing of the Waves. The October event...
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Originally built during the most trying of times, the famine, St. Mel’s Cathedral was the pride of the town of Longford, Ireland. And until 2009 mass was celebrated there daily. Thousands of religious artifacts and photographs were destroyed in a fire on Christmas day 2009. Since that fateful day in 2009, mass has been...
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s handlers say he wasn’t “playing Nintendo” while he displayed poor cell phone etiquette during an audience with the Pope. A government spokesperson said Mr Kenny was probably accessing important information about his audience with Pope Benedict through his mobile device. Video footage from the audience — which Mr Kenny attended last...
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The Cardinal Timothy Dolan is head of the Archdiocese of New York and pastor at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He is the voice of the Vatican in the United States and has spoken out against President Obama’s health care (aka Obamacare) requirements for Catholic institutions. “Last night, I had the honor to speak at the...
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Organizers behind a Belfast parade, where bands played songs intended to antagonize Catholics just outside a Catholic church, have apologized for any offense caused to the clergy and it’s parishioners. Fr Michael Sheehan, a spokesperson for St Patrick’s Church on Donegall Street, described the apology by the Royal Black Institution as a positive development....
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The Vatican’s own post office in St. Peter’s Square has issued special edition postage stamps to commemorate the 50th International Eucharistic Congress held here in Dublin last June. The Vatican’s philatelic and numismatic office has produced 12 stamps for 2012, two of which are described as being “distinctly Irish”. A 75 cent stamp features...
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Catholics in Ireland should not be afraid to affirm the elements of their belief which secular society rejects and ridicules, the Pope’s Envoy to Ireland has said. Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, maintained the International Eucharistic Congress marked a turning point in the life of the Church in Ireland as it revitalised...
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As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was the leader of one of the largest Irish-American communities in the United States as Mr. Romney explained it to Taoiseach Enda Kenny during a visit to the Irish Embassy in London. And on that very same day that the Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney met with the...
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