Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin launched a pocket guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the opening of the Door of Mercy in St Fintan’s Church, Mountrath, Co. Laois on Sunday. The guide, which has been supplied to every parish, is an accordion style leaflet that folds up neatly to fit in a wallet…
In the movie based upon Jane Austen’s classic novel Sense and Sensibility, there’s a very poignant scene where one of her young heroines, suffering from acute pneumonia, is lying in bed hovering between life and death. A young man, very much in love with her, is pacing back and forth, highly agitated, frustrated by his…
The Church teaches that Christ is made visible through the ordained ministry, writes Cathal Barry The redemptive sacrifice of Christ is unique, according to the Church, is accomplished once for all; yet it is made present in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Church. “The same is true of the one priesthood of Christ,” the Catechism…
Post-synodal apostolic exhortation due on April 8 Pope Francis’s eagerly awaited post-synodal apostolic exhortation on love in the family will be released on the morning of Friday, April 8, the Vatican has announced. The panel of speakers at the press conference, at which Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) will be released, include Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod…
Pope Francis has met with the traditionalist Society of St Pius X, a group that separated itself from the wider Church decades ago in opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The Vatican confirmed the weekend meeting between the Pontiff and Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society in a sign that…
Kenyan election cannot be ‘a matter of life and death’, say religious leaders Kenya’s religious leaders have denounced the formation of militias ahead of next year’s general election. “We appeal to all politicians with their vested interests to cease making elections a matter of life and death for Kenyans,” the Inter Religious Council of Kenya, which comprises the country’s Catholic bishops’ conference as well as the leaderships…
Poland’s Catholic bishops have called for a permanent ban on abortions in the country to mark the 1,050th anniversary of Poland’s conversion to Christianity in the year 966. “Each person’s life is protected by the fifth commandment, do not kill. So the attitude of Catholics is clear and unchanging,” the bishops’ conference said. “In this…
Greg Daly meets the head of London’s new Catholic research institute “If we’re serious about the New Evangelisation, questions about the transmission of religious faith, or disaffiliation or lapsation – which is the book I’m working on at the minute – then we have to pay very serious attention to sociology,” says Dr Stephen Bullivant,…
A group of about 75 young people, including representatives from NET Ministries Ireland, Youth 2000 and Newman College, gathered in Tuam parish for a conference called ‘Days of Discipleship’ organised by a mission team from the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) in the US. FOCUS works on American university campuses, building young people into…
The Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail is hosting a community walk and talk to the Boheh Stone – a unique Neolithic feature in Co. Mayo – on Monday, April 18. This is a guided walk led by local archaeologists and is an opportunity to experience the amazing ‘Rolling Sun’ phenomenon, where the sun appears to roll down the…
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