Dear Editor, Regarding Fr Gerry O’Connor’s criticism of an American bishop’s remarks on the unsuitability of Gay Pride Marches for children (IC 6/6/2019), I would like to ask him if he ever witnessed a Gay Pride March. In my opinion not even a self-respecting homosexual person would approve of them Fr O’Connor does not see…
Medjugorje, which has grown into one of the most popular pilgrimages for Catholics around the world in recent decades, lies in the southern Herzegovina region of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which Catholics make up a mere 14% of the population. For many centuries, this area of Eastern Europe was under Ottoman rule,…
Claims that Pope Francis has changed the Lord’s Prayer are overblown, a leading Irish ecumenist has said. “I think there’s an element of fake news surrounding the story of the Our Father in the Italian Missal,” Fr Martin Browne told The Irish Catholic. “You’d think from some of the headlines that Pope Francis had wielded…
Plans to allow homeowners with solar panels to sell excess electricity back to the grid with a potential to earn €400 a year have been dubbed a “positive step”. Trócaire’s Niamh Garvey, who is head of policy and advocacy, welcomed the proposal which is going to cabinet this month. “The announcement around solar panels and…
I was puzzled to see a warning about strong language for a religious programme, and even more puzzled to find no strong language in the programme after all! So it was with Young, Welsh and Pretty Religious on BBC1 on Tuesday of last week. In this episode the focus was on a young Catholic priest, a…
“I always have an issue with people who say ‘it’s much more fun to play [someone] bad’,” Michael Sheen tells the Sydney Morning Herald at smh.com.au. “Is it? I think we’ve failed as a species if good is boring. If we made good boring then we are doing something wrong. Goodness is about sharing, joy and…
Fr Ruairí Ó Domhnaill There is something about the experience of hearing Confessions in Medjugorje that even the most skeptical of priests has to admit that the unique and sacred quality of this sacramental encounter in this little village in Bosnia Herzegovina is rarely experienced anywhere else. I have often listened to priests returning from…
Even though this year’s Thanksgiving Mass organised by NET Ministries Ireland at the beginning of this month was the official ending of a year of mission for 46 young missionaries, it had the dual purpose of celebrating 15 years of “restoring hope” through their work with Irish young people. This year’s cohort of 46 missionaries…
Conor Culkin. It is shocking that there is now a record number of nearly 4,000 children homeless and the problem is getting worse. One child becomes homeless every four hours in Ireland. Focus Ireland is working every day to support these children and their families while they are homeless to lessen the damage done by…
Fr Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood today making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint. Pope Francis recognised the heroic virtue of Fr Tolton on June 12 making him “venerable” within the Church, only two steps away from canonisation. With the decree, Catholics are now authorised…
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