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2 months ago | 
jamanetwork.com | Jacqueline Cohen |SARAH RADFORD and JENNIFER DONALD |Sarah Mac Donald |Carolyn E Cesta
Key PointsQuestion Is the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), varenicline, and bupropion during the first trimester of pregnancy associated with increased risks of major congenital malformations (MCMs)? Findings In this cohort study of 5.2 million births in Australia (state of New South Wales), New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden, there was no increased risk of MCMs overall following exposure to NRT (9325 infants), varenicline (3031 infants), or bupropion (1042 infants).
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
mja.com.au | Sarah Mac Donald
On any given day, more than 30% of Australian women aged 20–40 years take at least one medication subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), and about half these women take more than one.1 Of concern for this age group is that almost one‐half of pregnancies in Australia are unplanned,2 and an unintended pregnancy may only be recognised after the fetus has been exposed to a medication.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Sarah Mac Donald
The synodal process is about “a return to the Gospel” and it should not have “fashionable” reforms among its priorities, Bishop Paul Dempsey has said.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Sarah Mac Donald
The synodal process is about “a return to the Gospel” and it should not have “fashionable” reforms among its priorities, Bishop Paul Dempsey of Dublin has said.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Sarah Mac Donald
The “time is ripe” for the contributions Catholic universities can make to society in relation to academic freedom, Professor Jacob Phillips of St Mary’s, Twickenham has said. In his experience a Catholic university was a place where people can inquire freely and in a way which is “freer” than at other institutions, the professor of systematic theology said.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Sarah Mac Donald
A study shows that a Catholic church ceremony is still marginally more common, but the second most popular option for couples getting married last year was a civil ceremony, which was chosen by 32pc or 6,474 couples. While Catholic church weddings still remained the most popular type of ceremony with couples last year, accounting for 34.3pc of all weddings, or 7,256 couples, this compares to 91.4pc of the total in 1994.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Sarah Mac Donald
The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan, has been criticised for permitting a group that is openly critical of Pope Francis to speak in his diocese. The team behind Catholic Unscripted, Gavin Ashenden, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert, are due to give “a weekend of talks, conversations, reflections, prayers and fellowship” in October at the diocese-owned Glencomeragh House in Co Waterford. The group regularly criticises Pope Francis and recently claimed he has “deserted Jesus”.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Sarah Mac Donald
The fact that women and girls continue to be at risk of obstetric fistula is ‘a shocking failure’Millions of women, mostly in Africa, experience appalling suffering and shame due to a devastating but preventable medical condition. Get Instant AccessRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £30 quarterly Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
catholicreview.org | Sarah Mac Donald
DUBLIN (OSV News) — When three Loreto Sisters from Ireland arrived in Rumbek, South Sudan, in 2006, only 13 girls were in secondary education in the capital of Lakes State. The sisters opened the first secondary school for girls in 2008 with 35 students. Eighteen years later over 500 girls have graduated from Loreto Rumbek and many are now completing a post-secondary education.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Sarah Mac Donald
The leader of the Irish Church has called for the conversation on refugees and migrants to “mature up” as he expressed concern over the “myths and falsehoods” pedalled on social media. Speaking to The Tablet in Armagh, Archbishop Eamon Martin revealed that at the beginning of October he will host a gathering for Northern Ireland’s parishes and dioceses, “to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of embracing the stranger”.
