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Director of Christian Defense Coalition warns Ireland over abortion law: avoid America's mistakes (IrishCentral)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:57:53 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

As the Irish government considers a new law that would weaken the current ban on abortion, Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, is warning his Irish colleagues to avoid the mistakes made in America.

Fox News Lou Dobbs panel: selfish working mothers are destroying the natural order and America (IrishCentral)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:49:06 PDT

We really don't thank elderly conservative men enough for protecting our society So let us repair now to the all-male smoking room at Fox News where four elderly male conservative pundits are shielding us from the selfishness of working mothers Yes, it's another episode of Lou Dobbs Tonight and the learned fellows are courageously addressing an issue that poses a bigger threat to the nation than gun background checks or gay marriage: you guessed it, they're discussing working mothersEveryone knows the growing danger posed to society by these uppity women, but kudos to these gents for having the cojones to admit it READ MORE

Vatican corrects infallible pope: atheists will still burn in hell (IrishCentral)

Sun, 26 May 2013 05:18:58 PDT

Rev Thomas Rosica, a Vatican spokesman The Vatican has just announced that, despite what Pope Francis said in his homily earlier this week, atheists are still going to hellWhat a relief For a brief moment there it was possible to imagine a brave new world of compassion, generosity and acceptance, not qualities we have come to associate with the Holy See READ MORE

Christian Brothers to pay $16.5m settlement to abuse victims in US and Canada (IrishCentral)

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:17 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The US-based chapter of the Irish Christian Brothers has agreed to pay more than $16.5 million to more than 400 survivors of sexual abuse in the United States and Canada.

Drew Barrymore has a crush on Christian Bale (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:33:09 PDT

Drew BarrymoreThe 'Whip It' director used to know the 'Dark Knight Rises' actor when they were both child stars and even though they haven't seen each other in years, she admitted he makes her blushShe told In Touch magazine: "Christian is so cute, I knew him when he was a kid But if he walked into the room now I would totally clam up or I might go overboard and embarrass myself"Despite her crush on Christian, Drew is happiest when on date nights with her husband READ MORE

Christianity is under attack, but The Bible Series proves its great popularity persists (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:47:43 PDT

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Sinead O’Connor wishes Francis the best but condemns the position of Pope as “an anti-Christian office” (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:53:15 PDT

By: Irish Voice Reporters

Pope Francis I isn’t getting much of a honeymoon period from Irish singer Sinead O’Connor.

Former Christian Brother found guilty of sex abuse in 1960s industrial school (IrishCentral)

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:11:09 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A former Christian brother has been found guilty of sexually abusing a young boy at Letterfrack Industrial School in Co Galway in the 1960s.

St. Brigid -- a pagan goddess turned christian saint in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:58:37 PST

By: SUSAN BYRON

Spring in Ireland officially starts on St Brigid’s Day which is February the 1st in our calendar. However, this may not be accurate as this is a celebration that has its roots along way back in pre-Christian times, some 6,000 years ago actually when there was no written tradition.

Christian mothers' group call for boycott of Ellen DeGeneres JC Penney’s Christmas advert – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:48:14 PST

By: DARA KELLY

A conservative Christian organization has once again called on consumers to boycott JCPenney, over the retailers decision to feature talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in their Christmas TV commercial.

Irish Pastoral Centre - The way to Christian greatness (IrishCentral)

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:32:45 PDT

By Sr Marguerite Kelly, mficLast Sunday’s Gospel recorded the “First Prediction of the Passion” in Mark’s narrative Today we hear the second Last week we heard Jesus’ rebuke of Peter who attempted to prevent Jesus from even thinking of it READ MORE

Apostolate Notes - Christians making choices, Titanic and GAA Championship (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:31:53 PDT

By Fr Brendan DugganChristians making choicesOur readings for last Sunday are about Christians making choices Joshua in the First Reading tells the people that now they have arrived in the Promised Land they have a major decision to make -- to serve the one true God or to serve idols God forces no one to obey him READ MORE

Sinn Fein TD meets with representative of Syrian Christian community (IrishCentral)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:54:27 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Last week, Sinn Féin's Seán Crowe met with Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross, a member of the Melkites – one of the main Christian communities in Syria, according to TheJournal.ie.

‘Dark Night Rises’ star Christian Bale meets with Colorado shooting victims (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:58:54 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

Christian Bale has travelled to Aurora, Colorado to meet with those involved in the movie theatre shootings.

Conservative Christians creating next generation of atheists and agnostics (IrishCentral)

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:00:35 PDT

Ask yourself, what have been the most signature events in worldwide religious faith in the last two decades?It’s a simple enough question and the answer is mostly horrifying It’s planes flying into skyscrapers, it’s child molestation, it’s woman being stoned and murdered, it’s gays being bashed in the pulpits and on the streets, it’s women who use birth control being called sluts on the national airwaves, it's clergy secretly practicing what they publicly condemn, it’s Koran burnings, it’s hardworking nuns being persecuted by their out of touch superiors, it’s funerals being protested with placards and abuse, and on and on – so are you surprised that more and more young people don’t want to touch religion with a barge pole?Ask yourself, is there anywhere on earth right now where religious faith is actually brightening the lives of millions as it builds for a peaceful tomorrow?Or is it more accurately depicted like this: in daily portraits of Christians who are bracingly righteous in their own beliefs and intolerant of all others; in Muslims who oppress women and each other with their intolerant and restrictive religious codes; in Jews who oppress their Arab neighbors Just turn on your television and these are the images of religious faith in action that the world seesSo it’s not a trickle, this march of disillusioned and alienated young people leaving the church, it’s a flood, because the truth is they’re leaving in droves READ MORE

Conservative Christians creating God in their image - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:00:21 PDT

A few years ago the Los Angeles Times reported that the 'most rapidly growing category today is composed of those Americans who say they have no religious affiliation'It's really not hard to see why Respondents claimed they were alienated from organized religion by its increasingly conservative politicsIt's not as if the examples of the kind of outrageous intolerance they're lamenting have been in short supply READ MORE

In the footsteps of saints, scholars and sinners - A Celtic camino (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:25:21 PDT

Confessio Patricus, the written confessions of St Patrick, have a special resonance today, in this the age of damning reports from Raphoe to Cloyne on an infected church in an era of overwhelmingly disinterested, disconnected younger generations and demoralized older onesPatrick apparently was an unbecoming upstart figure to his clerical peers in the mid fifth century, and the Confessio was all about setting the record straight from his own perspective A fifth century tribunal response, if you like, where the once enslaved Briton shepherd boy of part Roman stock (some sources indicate Kilpatrick, near Glasgow was his birthplace) sets down in his own hand the circumstances that led to his mission to Ireland and how he went about answering the callIndeed Dáibhí Ó Croinín a superb lecturer who could entice 9am attendances on hazy Friday mornings in Galway, quipped that Patrick, must have been the only citizen of the Roman empire to have been made a slave and live to tell the tale READ MORE

Wake Up Cormac! (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:20:13 PDT

By: THE only reason Cormac MacConnell's column about Sarah Palin in last week’s issue would "get him into hot water" becomes obvious in his third paragraph wherein he utilizes The Almighty in a way that is sinful before all practicing Christians.

Catholic weddings: romantic or rigid? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:15:12 PDT

Nothing makes me simultaneously happier and more devastated, as a writer, than when people feel strongly enough about my columns and articles to post harshly worded comments about them To all detractors and vitriol spewers, I say, thanks for reading and for expressing your opinions This is, after all, an opinion column, and I may very well be wrong sometimesThat said, I try not to respond directly to comments, learning the hard way that it’s useless, and also believing my columns that stand for themselves READ MORE

Let's avoid 'Mass' lunacy on Christmas (IrishCentral)

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:30:17 PST

If a "friend" had betrayed you, lied to you, committed heinous crimes against you, your relatives or your friends, or covered up those crimes -- would you happily march into his home for Christmas dinner with gifts for him in hand?Yes? Then you'd be an idiot, of courseBut that is exactly what Catholics in Ireland will likely do when they go to their churches for Christmas MassKiss their solid-gold rings? Kiss my arse!The child abuse and sex abuse and its cover-up by higher-ups, whose horrid details are fast emerging, is now known to be an atrocity that went on for DECADES, and which was hardly the work of a "handful" of sick clerics or well-intentioned bishops It was hateful, criminal, systematic, and long-standing READ MORE