Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars after the seven judges of the High Court of Australia unanimously overturned the original December 2018 jury verdict that found him guilty on five counts of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in 1996. The court’s decision, read Tuesday, concluded there was “a significant…
The number of searches for “prayer” on Google has increased worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a professor based in Denmark. Jeanet Sinding Bentzen of the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen says interest in the term on the search engine “skyrocketed during the month of March 2020 when Covid-19 went global”. Using…
A church in Clonmel lit up over a thousand candles on Friday event for frontline healthcare workers along with prayers and petitions for everyone affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Candles in the shape of a cross were placed on the benches inside Ss Peter and Paul’s Church on, with a number of petition candles lit…
Leaders of Ireland’s Christian Churches have called on the faithful to pray together on Palm Sunday from 3-4pm as the world battles the coronavirus (Covid-19). The leaders of the Catholic Church, Church of Ireland, Methodist Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Church in Ireland and the Irish Council of Churches, together with other denominations and Christian organisations…
The RTÉ broadcast of daily Mass currently has an average audience of 34,600 people per day. However, Mass on Wednesday drew an online congregation of 65,000 according to Roger Childs Commissioning Editor for religious content for the national broadcaster. Most of the Masses are being broadcast from the Cathedral of Ss Eunan and Columba in Letterkenny,…
