×
Search for:
Search for:
Latest
UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’
World News
Latest
UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’
Media
Latest
UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’
Magazine
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Bishops accuse Westminster of ‘ideological colonisation’ over abortion propaganda in Irish schools
June 19, 2023
The bishops of Northern Ireland, speaking at the annual Irish Catholic Bishops Conference in Maynoth, just outside Dublin, issued a very strong and frank rebuke to the ideological imposition of a liberal secularist agenda in Northern Ireland.   The Bishops were speaking in response to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton Harris, laying
Ireland’s proposed hate speech laws are chillingly vague and ill-defined
June 14, 2023
This week the Irish Senate (Seanad) will commence a futile debate which is unlikely to amend the proposed legislation on hate speech and hate crimes that has already passed through the lower house of the Government with barely a ripple.   The proposed addition to the Irish Statute book, the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred
The significance of Biden’s visit to Knock shrine
April 17, 2023
On Friday US president Joe Biden made an unexpected visit to Ireland’s most eminent Catholic shrine at Knock during his visit to Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. As part of the whistle-stop visit, the President took time to visit his ancestral homes in Co. Louth and Ballina, Co.
Irish PM must be commended for saying forced secularisation of Catholic schools is wrong
March 29, 2023
In a recent parliamentary questions session in Ireland, Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar provided a surprisingly frank and sensible response to questions from members of parliament (TDs) who are demanding that the government force the divestment (or reconfiguration) of schools that have been established and run by Catholic entities for decades and, in some cases,
Proposed changes to Irish constitution to reflect ‘gender equality’ are deeply misguided
March 21, 2023
The Irish Government plans to hold a series of referenda in November 2023 to further alter the Irish Constitution as the next stage in its radical modernisation. Announced on March 8, International Women’s Day, An Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar confirmed that three changes to the 86-year-old constitution are being proposed, with the exact wording
Irish PM says primary school children must learn ‘what it means to be transgender’
March 07, 2023
A row has emerged between Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, and the Irish Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA), which has an oversight role in 89 per cent of the primary schools in Ireland.    In a letter to Irish government children’s and education ministers, the schools association challenged views expressed by the minister for children
Dublin’s appalling new ‘St Patrick’s Festival’ bears no resemblance to the feast day’s origins
February 13, 2023
Hot on the heels of rebranding Christmas festivities in Dublin as “winter holidays” and co-opting St Brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical Celtic goddess, Dublin City Council, along with the Irish Government, launched its St Patrick’s Day festival with a distinct absence of green, Irish heritage and any connection with its religious roots.   The
Irish teacher sacked by school over use of pronouns for transgender pupil
January 23, 2023
It was announced on Friday that Irish schoolteacher, Enoch Burke, was sacked from his job at Wilson Hospital School, a private Church of Ireland school in Co. Westmeath, Ireland.  The dismissal followed a protracted and very public disagreement from when Mr Burke was initially suspended on full pay from his role for refusing to address
Court frees gender ideology prisoner of conscience
December 22, 2022
The Irish teacher Enoch Burke, who was incarcerated in Ireland for three months, has been released from prison in advance of Christmas despite his refusal to purge his contempt of court. Mr Burke was jailed in September this year for breaching a court order which stopped him from attending work at the school from which
The rank hypocrisy of the Irish apostasy
December 16, 2022
By Dubhaltach O Reachtnin Eamon Martin, archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland, has spoken out strongly about the encroaching state control of civil liberties on Ireland, highlighted by the decision of the UK Supreme Court to impose exclusion zones outside centres in Northern Ireland that provide or facilitate abortions.  This decision came following the introduction
Westminster’s plans for more abortions in Northern Ireland
December 07, 2022
Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland, has rejected an announcement by Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris to fast-track the commissioning of abortion services in Northern Ireland.  The Archbishop has questioned the priorities of Westminster at a time when “people are struggling to feed their children and heat their homes, and as our
‘Synod’, ‘synod’ and ‘synodality’: why we should be wary of poorly defined words
November 14, 2022
What do we mean by “synodal” or “synodality”? This is an important question as the Church moves towards the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality. Strictly speaking, synodal simply means being of a synod – taking the approach similar to a synod. Synodality, something similar.   Ask anyone involved, either deeply or remotely, partaking or observing,
Sorry, no search matching search results found. Please try again.
Most Popular
Make A Donation

Areas of Catholic Herald business are still recovering post-pandemic.

However, we are reaching out to the Catholic community and readership, that has been so loyal to the Catholic Herald. Please join us on our 135 year mission by supporting us.

We are raising £250,000 to safeguard the Herald as a world-leading voice in Catholic journalism and teaching.

We have been a bold and influential voice in the church since 1888, standing up for traditional Catholic culture and values. Please consider donating.

Don’t miss a single story. Sign up to our newsletter
Mauris accumsan mi nec orci volutpat, eu imperdiet tellus tempus. Fusce id lacus rhoncus, volutpat mi