Pope meets French President in wake of Hamel killing Pope Francis has followed up on a private phone call he received from French President Francois Hollande in the wake of the brutal murder of Fr Jacques Hamel in Normandy to host the French leader at the Vatican. Touched by Mr Hollande’s call to express condolences in the wake of the killing, Pope Francis…
A Catholic bishop in Mexico threatened with prison for allegedly interfering in politics has vowed to continue his work on behalf of the people of his state from behind bars. Bishop Ramón Castro Castro of Cuernavaca in the state of Morales is awaiting a decision from local prosecutors on possible charges after he hosted a…
Three workers with the Catholic aid agency Caritas were abducted from their convoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo and held for 24 hours by militiamen in the troubled North Kivu region, it has been reported. Initial reports detailed a gun attack on the convoy of vehicles in which a German photojournalist covering the work…
Fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo, whose clothing line is famed among rock stars and public alike despite his lack of formal training, has revealed the secret to his success: God. The LA-based clothing specialist, who, according to Esquire magazine, has cult-like status with fans – including singers Justin Bieber and David Beckham – has opened up…
A four-day film festival dedicated to the life and works of Blessed Mother Teresa is set to take place in India in the days running up to her canonisation in Rome on September 4. Already an annual event that began after the announcement of her beatification in 2003 with a small number of documentary films…
Over 250 young people gathered at All Hallows College in Drumcondra, Dublin, over the weekend of August 20-21 for a conference organised by the Legion of Mary on the theme of how Mary fires up the spirit in our souls. Among the speakers at the conference was Roger Buck, an American-born convert to Catholicism from…
Sr Gwen Collins tells Rachel Beard about her journey from Olympic swimming coach to Carmelite nun
Good news in India was tempered with a sad loss, writes Paul Keenan
Dear Editor, Fr Rolheiser in a convoluted article (IC 4/8/16), has given us his version of Hell, and on reading it I am wondering are we both in the same Church. Much of what he has written is contrary to what I had always believed. For clarification I turned to the Catechism of the Catholic…
It’s funny where you can learn a lesson and catch a glimpse of the divine. Recently, in a grocery store, I witnessed this incident: A young girl, probably around 16 years of age, along with two other girls her own age, came into the store. She picked up a grocery basket and began to walk…
Paul Keenan
Courtney McGrail
Fr Ronald Rolheiser