With Churches Closed Due to COVID, Priest Celebrates Easter Sunday Mass on Ancient Rock
Amid lockdown, a priest in Ireland celebrates the greatest feast day at an ancient site where Catholics have gone to worship in hiding.
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Police in Ireland Fine Catholic Priest for Offering Public Masses
Citing sources close to the priest, local media reported that Father Hughes was not willing to pay the fine and was ready to be jailed rather than cease public worship.
This Irish Chalice Held the Precious Blood When the Precious Blood Was Outlawed
Made 381 years ago, the MacSwiney Chalice was used in the days of the Penal Laws in Ireland when the Catholic faith was outlawed and priests were hunted men.
Why Ireland Needs St. Patrick More Than Ever
Senator Rónán Mullen reflects on the new country emerging.
During the Troubles, We in Northern Ireland Were All Political Prisoners
A personal reflection 100 years after the partition of the Emerald Isle.
Ireland's Catholic Bishops: Assisted Suicide Bill is ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
In their new statement, the bishops said: “What this bill proposes may be appropriately described as ‘assisted suicide,’ because it involves one person taking his or her own life, with the active participation of another.”
Irish Bishops Decry Bill to Legalize Euthanasia
In a Jan. 26 submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, the bishops warned that the bill would normalize suicide and undermine “protections against the non-consensual killing of particularly vulnerable classes of persons.”
Irish Supreme Court: Hospital May Withhold Treatment of Child Against Parents’ Wishes
Among the problems raised by the case are the end of life, family decisions on health treatment, and children’s rights.
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy — A Bishop Who Never Met His Flock
Blessed Thaddeus was twice appointed bishop but, due to political intrigue, he never took possession of his diocese. His feast day is Oct. 25.
Inis Oírr — Island of Cures and Healing Wells
Inis Oírr is dotted with monastic ruins dating back to the Celtic Church, and Iron Age ramparts and forts steeped in legend.
