A religious order of nuns in Buenos Aires is to face a Church investigation over allegations that members worked with a corrupt government official in hiding $9 million in cash and jewels at their convent. The investigation comes after the arrest of government minister Jose Lopez in June at the convent on the outskirts of…
Sophie Overall visits All Hallows’ commemorative exhibition and reflective garden in Drumcondra
The Cardinal Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien was in Ireland at the weekend to preside over the investiture of new knights in the order dedicated to helping Christians in the Holy Land. The cardinal ispictured at a reception following the investiture Mass at St…
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has officially requested that the Vatican become involved in mediating talks aimed at seeking a solution to the nation’s catastrophic economic crisis. Following weeks of resistance on the part of the president to any negotiations with his political rivals, even as dangerous food and medical shortages grow ever worse, Mr Maduro…
The planned Citizens’ Assembly is intended to enable the Government to claim a spurious distance from the consequences of a referendum on repealing Ireland’s constitutional pro-life protections, Elphin’s Bishop Kevin Doran has said. Speaking at an event organised by Family & Life, Dr Doran, said that in his personal view, the assembly would be “nothing…
Stephen Duffy and Kevin Malcolmson awaiting ordination by Clogher’s Bishop Liam MacDaid in Monaghan’s St McCartan’s Cathedral on Sunday, July 24. Fr Duff y and Fr Malcolmson celebrated their first Masses the following evening in their home parish churches, St Patrick’s in Tullycorbet parish and St Mary’s in Aghabog.
How to Pray the Secret Rosary by Frank M. Rega OFS (CreateSpace, £9.27pb).
Dear Editor, The recent attempt by The Irish Catholic (21/07/2016) to survey priests’ incomes across Ireland should cause those who argue for married clergy to think again. With married priests would come clerical families, and it is hard to imagine priests – even with a spouse’s second income – supporting children on the income they…
If a man was interested in riches, the priesthood is probably the last road he’d choose to take. So, it’s a good job that priests understand their role as a call from God rather than a profitable way of life. Priestly remuneration is often shrouded in secrecy – especially in Ireland. Elphin is alone among…
It’s an error to judge the morality of human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them, writes Cathal Barry
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