The acidification of oceans will have drastic environmental consequences, speakers told a UN conference last week. Over 3,500 people representing countries, UN agencies and non-governmental organisations attended the conference on sustainable development. Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana said that effective regulations to safeguard the world’s oceans are being blocked by “those who are profiting most…
A large majority of bishops in the Scottish Episcopal Church have voted to allow same-sex marriage. The vote removed the condition that marriage is between a man and a women, amending canon law last week. Clergy are allowed to choose to officiate at gay marriages, meaning that they would not have to act against their…
Remembering those who have died or have suffered injury from accidents on Irish farms will be the focus an ecumenical remembrance service to be held in Co. Laois. Around 120 families have contacted the directors of Embrace Farm, a bereavement support group, for their loved one to be remembered this year. This annual event, which…
Derry’s Bishop Donal McKeown has urged the North’s newly elected MPs to serve all those in Northern Ireland, calling them to focus their efforts on those most in need. “The politicians, whatever their party, have been elected to look after the people, especially the weakest, and it doesn’t matter what party they come from: that…
A leading Irish theologian has been awarded a prestigious visiting scholarship in Australia. Mary Immaculate College’s Prof. Eamonn Conway, a regular contributor to The Irish Catholic, has been appointed the 2017 SSJG Visiting Scholar to Perth’s University of Notre Dame, and will begin his 12-week appointment early next month. The Limerick-based theologian’s first engagement there…
Last week Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg presented the specially commissioned ‘Relic of St Willibrord’, Patron Saint of Luxembourg, to Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin to honour the historical links between the town of Echternach in Luxembourg and Co. Carlow. St Willibrord is one of the most important saints in Europe, having spent…
After 65 years, St Martin Apostolate has announced the launch of the digital version of the St Martin Magazine – the publication of this digital version was launched in conjunction with Magzster.com. www.stmartin.ie/subscriptions Since 1952, St Martin Apostolate, as well as being home to the Moving Crib, has published the monthly St Martin Magazine. The…
Kieran Stafford, newly elected National President of the Society of St Vincent De Paul (SVP), has promised to focus on alleviating the financial and emotional hurdles of struggling local communities. Succeeding Geoff Meagher who held the position for the past five years, Stafford has reconfirmed that the Vincentian ethos will continue to be “committed to…
Becoming a priest in Ireland today “can truly be described as an adventure”, according to the Bishop of Ferns. Speaking at the ordination of Fr Billy Caulfield in Horeswood Parish Church in Wexford on Sunday, Bishop Denis Brennan told the new priest a vocation was an adventure. He said at times “you will feel the appreciation people have for your…
Inside Christian communities finally liberated from ISIS With the ongoing retreat of so-called Islamic State in the face of an Iraqi army offensive, many Christians are speaking of the horror theyendured under the Islamist regime. This week, we report from northern Iraq which has been ravaged by violence and where Christians have been targeted for…
Greg Daly
Colm Fitzpatrick
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