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Sarah Mac Donald

Sarah Mac Donald writes for OSV News from Dublin.

Inspired by millennial soon-to-be-saint, Irish teens created animated Lego-Carlo Acutis film

June 8, 2025
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Saints, World News

In rural Limerick, three teenage brothers are turning Lego into a tool for evangelization as Blessed Carlo Acutis continues to inspire a new generation of digital evangelists.

Ahead of Holy Thursday, Irish priest forgives radicalized teenager who stabbed him

April 16, 2025
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Lent, News, World News

In a powerful courtroom moment just before Holy Week, Irish Army chaplain Father Paul Murphy forgave the radicalized teenager who tried to kill him in a 2024 knife attack.

Strengthening religious practice could help reverse demographic crisis, says Irish study

February 9, 2025
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News

A decline in religion will likely deepen Ireland’s demographic crisis, according to a new study by a pro-family and pro-life Irish institute.

Top DDF official says truth in abuse cases is ‘critical’ as Father Rupnik investigation continues

December 18, 2024
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News

Transparency and truth are of “critical importance” in the work of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), the Secretary of the Disciplinary Section at the Vatican Dicastery has said.

Irish Loreto Sisters pass blessing of education to another generation — and need support

September 14, 2024
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Missions, News, World News

Decades of conflict ahead of independence in 2011, followed by civil war and famine, has taken its toll on South Sudan’s education and health systems.

Irish pro-lifers march as abortion numbers ‘soar’

May 9, 2024
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News

Those who took part in this year’s March for Life in Dublin May 6 were urged to “think pro-life” in next month’s local and European Parliament elections. Organizers said that “thousands” participated in the march, which took place on a bank holiday.

Those ‘with an agenda to generate unrest’ cause ‘significant threat,’ says Irish archbishop

January 3, 2024
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin has expressed concern over the “significant numbers” of people in Ireland “seeking to foment disinformation, suspicion and hatred” towards refugees and migrants.

From St. Patrick’s to St. Patrick’s: New York cardinal makes anniversary pilgrimage to Ireland

August 30, 2023
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News

The Archdiocese of Armagh’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Patrick’s Cathedral culminated with Mass Aug. 27 celebrated by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York during which he paid tribute to the “cycle of evangelization” between Ireland and the United States.

Sinéad O’Connor, iconic Irish singer and victim of child abuse, dies at 56

July 27, 2023
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Obituaries, World News

The July 26 death of acclaimed Irish singer and songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, who was 56, has seen an outpouring of tributes from all walks of Irish life.

‘The enemies of peace will not prevail,’ Biden says as Good Friday Agreement turns 25

April 12, 2023
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

President Joe Biden said “the enemies of peace will not prevail” in Northern Ireland as he pledged the United States would continue to partner and support the region in building stability and future prosperity for its young people.

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