The Passionist order of priests welcomed their third student on Sunday, when Conor Quinn took his first vows in Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne in Belfast. Conor, aged 27, is from South Armagh, the eldest son of Sean and Marianna Quinn, and a graduate in IT studies. After university he worked in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary for…
Russian Orthodox believers take part in a religious procession in Nevsky Prospekt Street to mark the 293rd anniversary of the translation of relics of St Alexander Nevsky; the relics were brought from the town of Vladimir to Alexander Nevsky Lavra Monastery in St Petersburg in 1724. Photo: PA Images
The Archbishop of Dublin has hit out at the overly negative portrayal of Church bodies in caring for the sick in the past. In his homily for a Mass to conclude the Dublin diocesan pilgrimage of over 2,000 people to the Marian shrine at Lourdes, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin acknowledged that “Church organisations made mistakes and…
There is a vicious cycle between drugs and homelessness said the CEO of Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI), as even those who successfully complete detox are then tempted by drug users in emergency accommodation. Tony Geoghegan spoke at the launch of MQI’s Annual Review for 2016 this week, in which they revealed almost 10,000 people dealing…
The Augustinians have moved out of St Patrick’s Church in Rome, breaking the Irish connection with the historic church. In a Chapter meeting in June the Augustinians made the decision to leave their Rome ministry, a choice believed to be driven by a shortage of priests. It is now run by the American Paulist Order…
The Catholic community in Co. Donegal has rallied behind its Protestant neighbours after it was discovered that the HSE plans to axe a CofI hospital chapel. Fr John Joe Duffy of the Church of Mary the Immaculate in Stranorlar, and chair of ‘Save our St Joseph’s’, told The Irish Catholic that his parishioners were “horrified and embarrassed”…
The Pope’s new representative to Ireland Papal Nuncio Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo has presented his credentials to President Michael D. Higgins. Chai Brady has this report (video by Colm Fitzpatrick).
Today is the 34th anniversary of the passage of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution when voters backed by an overwhelming majority constitutional protections for unborn children. We caught up with some pro-life campaigners outside the Dáil marking the day
Reports of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje could be recognised by the Vatican as early as this year according to an archbishop appointed by the Pope. Archbishop Henryk Hoser was given the task to study the pastoral care given to the town’s residents and pilgrims who arrive in their millions each year to…
At the invitation of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, a delegation representing bishops and officials from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference have held a two-hour bilateral meeting with ministers in Government Buildings. This was the first such meeting to take place under the Church-State structured dialogue process with Mr Varadkar as Taoiseach. The agenda for the meeting included:…
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