A vibrant and growing parish in the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora has secured a permanent parish church on the site of a former hotel. Following eight years of utilising a local sports hall for weekly Masses, the Good Shepherd parish in the east of Galway City hosted Bishop Martin Drennan last Sunday for…

Abuse survivor Marie Collins has welcomed Pope Francis’ call for bishops to continue helping victims of clerical abuse. She also expressed disappointment with recent criticism of the Murphy Report from the Association of Catholic Priests and warned that some priests who feel hurt may be tempted to try and rewrite history when it comes to…

A Catholic and a Church of Ireland parish in Belfast will mark a ‘Crafty Christmas’ this year thanks to an ecumenical project which challenged them to complete full-size knitted Christmas trees for each other in time for the festive season. The initiative, tapping into the arts and crafts skills of ordinary parishioners from St Oliver…

A new interfaith radio station dedicated to sacred music from the world’s faith traditions has begun broadcasting on the internet. Sacred Music Radio boasts a playlist of over 4,300 sacred tracks drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Jewish and Islamic traditions in addition to sacred Christian music. According to the station’s founders, “the ethos of the…