Watch Michael Kelly’s recent lunchtime talk on Pope Leo XIV


Well-known religious affairs commentator, Michael Kelly, recently gave a talk about Pope Leo XIV at a lunchtime event of The…

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By Dr Angelo Bottone

In Ireland, the number of births continues to exceed deaths, but only thanks to the contribution of immigrant communities. In the first quarter of 2025, for the first time on record, more Irish nationals died than were born, a watershed...

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The annual Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) pilgrimage took place in Knock last weekend. Aid to the Church in Need is an international pontifical charity that devotes itself to helping persecuted Christians all over the world. It also...

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A new United Nations report is calling for the eradication of surrogacy in all its forms, arguing that the practice inherently harms both women and children. It also recommends punishing buyers, clinics and agencies. Ireland should pay attention. We have...

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Fresh figures from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, show the scale of Europe’s demographic challenge. In 2024, there were about 4.82 million deaths across the EU but only 3.56 million births, a deficit of almost 1.3m. In other words,...

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Since the 2018 referendum repealing the Eighth Amendment, the number of abortions in Ireland has continued to rise.  According to the annual report produced by the Department of Health recently the number rose to 10,852 in 2024 compared with 6,666...

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News emerged this week of a woman, Maureen Slough, who recently travelled from Ireland to Switzerland to end her life through assisted suicide. Her family only learned of her death afterwards, leaving them devastated. The case further reveals the existence...

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Pope reveals he was assaulted in Ireland for being a priest


Pope Leo XIV has described how he was physically attacked because he was a priest while on a visit to Ireland. He was twice here when he was the head…

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Pope John Paul II’s Gospel of Life at 30 – A talk by Maria Steen

On Saturday May 3, 2025, Maria Steen (pictured) delivered a talk called “Evangelium Vitae at 30 – Pope John Paul…

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