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Spot the danger signs of dating abuse and stalking

Women's Aid, which works to combat domestic violence, appeals to young women to know the difference between 'safe' and 'sinister' on Valentine's Day.

2015.02.14.

Children of same sex parents have more problems

Larger study of outcomes of children of same sex parents challenges 'no difference' theory.

2015.02.14.

A love story worthy of St Valentine’s Day

Young woman donated her kidney to young man she never met and now they are engaged and expecting their first child.

2015.02.14.

Bishop encouraged by funding decision on St Mary’s

Plan to claw back £1m from the budget of St Mary's teacher training college overruled.

2015.02.13.

President Higgins pays tribute to family carers

The achievement of Ireland's 187,000 family carers "are born of a spirit of giving to others."

2015.02.13.

Singing trio The Priests join Nuncio at alma mater

Archbishop Brown pays tribute to past students serving the Church including Bishop Donal McKeown and Frs Martin and Eugene O'Hagan and Fr David Delargy.

2015.02.13.

New Administrator appointed in Killaloe

Fr Des Hillery, parish priest of Nenagh, to oversee the running of the diocese until a new bishop is appointed.

2015.02.12.

Nigerian bishops concerned by election deferral

Aid to the Church in Need has highlighted fears of a Muslim-Christian conflict during the election period.

2015.02.12.

Plaudits for Jesuit student at Sundance Film Festival

Jack Reynor, who is a former student of Belvedere College, has won the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for acting for his role in Glassland.

2015.02.12.

Support for marriage and the family remains strong

Survey carried out for ACCORD finds marriage remains a desirable outcome for most people and most expect it to be for life.

2015.02.11.

Parents highlight alternative to abortion at Dáil

With the almost exclusive focus on abortion, it is a shame we never get to hear about life-affirming alternatives like perinatal hospice care."

2015.02.11.

Audits cast shadow over safeguarding efforts

Responding to the findings of the latest NBSCCCI audits Archbishop Martin said some of the results left him “seriously concerned”.

2015.02.11.

Poetry competition promotes climate justice

Collaboration between Trócaire and Poetry Ireland is open to all writers from published poets to primary school students.

2015.02.10.

Limerick school set for pioneering legacy project

‘The Sky is the Limit’ will provide the parents and every child beginning Junior Infants in autumn 2015 with the assistance of a psychologist.

2015.02.10.

Catholic education the subject of media caricatures

Glenstal Abbot warns that “The Catholic Church, for the pantomime which the press is keen to promote, is the Wicked Stepmother of every fairy tale."

2015.02.10.

New archbishop sets out his priorities for ministry

Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly to focus on preaching the Word, tackling trafficking and promoting missionary communion in Cashel & Emly.

2015.02.09.

First ever day of prayer against human trafficking

Bishop McAreavey calls for law to criminalise the purchase of sex to be enacted quickly in the Republic of Ireland.

2015.02.09.

“We must be open to the new ways God wants for us”

Synod is “a spiritual experience of journeying together to renew and deepen our own commitment to our faith" Bishop Leahy explains.

2015.02.09.

Diocese of Limerick celebrates Synod Sunday

"Without allowing the concerns and realities of the poor to seep into its veins and consciousness, Church attempts at renewal are but organisational changes."

2015.02.08.

Pope criticised over his comment on smacking

Clerical abuse survivor, Marie Collins, and former president, Dr Mary McAleese, reject Pontiff's stance on corporal punishment for children.

2015.02.08.

Role for the community in caring for sick: Archbishop

Dublin seminar provides concrete suggestions on how to structure the pastoral care of the sick in a parish in today’s world.

2015.02.08.

Bill seeks abortion for fatal foetal abnormality

Targeting babies with 'fatal foetal abnormalities' will threaten all children with disabilities, warns Every Life Counts.

2015.02.07.

New archbishop reflects on his calling to priesthood

Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly SMA shares his thoughts on his own consecration to God in advance of his installation in Cashel & Emly.

2015.02.07.

Concern over anti catholic bias in BBC’s Wolf Hall

Perverse achievement for Hilary Mantel and BBC Drama to make Thomas Cromwell a flawed hero and St Thomas More a scheming villain: Bishop Davies.

2015.02.07.

UK votes for ‘three-parent babies’

“Are we happy to sacrifice two early human lives to make a third?” MP asks of the process involved in creating an embryo with biological material from three people.

2015.02.06.

‘Fifty Shades’ linked to eating disorders & violence

Domestic violence campaigners call on people to spend their money on women’s shelters rather than a trip to see the film of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.

2015.02.06.

Church’s priority is to protect children: Pope

Everything possible must be done to rid the Church of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors.

2015.02.06.

Belfast Mayor honours unsung NGOs

Ten charities honoured including Trócaire, Christian Aid, Habitat NI, Tear Fund and Concern.

2015.02.05.

Outrage at Vatican’s choice of image

Headless woman, with no arms or legs, and in bondage, produced by artist interested in sadism selected by Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture.

2015.02.05.

Irish priest dies after church fall in Preston

Fr John Cribben is believed to have fallen while dusting windows in his local church to save his parish money.

2015.02.05.
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