Supporting family members with disability weekend A charity supporting children and adults with disabilities are gearing up to bring families together in a fun, informative weekend. Leap is offering a family leadership weekend for the whole family to come together in an inclusive environment to begin to develop and share a vision of a good…
Archbishop asks for ‘sensible solutions’ to violence After a standoff between police and a gunman in Philadelphia last week, in which six officers were shot, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has praised the work of the responding officers and called for solutions to root causes of violence. “The terror that filled yesterday serves as a…
Christians who focus more on being superficially close to the Church rather than care for their fellow brothers and sisters are like tourists who wander around aimlessly, Pope Francis said. People “who are always passing by but never enter the church” in a fully communal way of sharing and caring engage in a sort of…
BREAKING NEWS The conviction of Cardinal George Pell has been upheld after the Supreme Court in Victoria dismissed his appeal today. In a 2-1 ruling, the court rejected the Australian prelate’s appeal of a unanimous jury verdict in December that Pope Francis’ former finance minister was guilty of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in Melbourne’s…
Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and instead be drawn to God and his greatness, Pope Francis said. After reciting the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption today, Pope Francis also blessed thousands of rosaries that will be given…
The Pope’s representative in Ireland has poured cold water on speculation that Diarmuid Martin could soon be replaced as Archbishop of Dublin. Dr Martin – who is due to tender his resignation on turning 75 in April next year – has hinted on several occasions that he would like to go early. Ahead of the…
With just a month to go, excitement is building ahead of the canonisation of Dublin’s adopted saint Cardinal Newman. Fr Bill Dailey CSC from the University of Notre Dame Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in Dublin, who will lead a pilgrimage in association with The Irish Catholic – said he is “thrilled” that there…
Religious congregations named in the Ryan Report have so far contributed just under half of what they voluntarily offered to pay to the State’s cost of compensating former residents of the institutions investigated. According to a written answer from Education Minister Joe McHugh released this week, the 18 congregations have handed over €231million to the…
For the first time in 186 years St Malachy’s College in Belfast will not have a priest on its teaching staff after it was announced the last of the clergy will leave before the new term. Fr Michael Spence will take up a new appointment in the Diocese of Down and Connor as the Curate…
Following the announcement of the latest summer appointments, it has emerged that a Down and Connor clergyman has become the youngest parish priest in Ireland. Fr Conor McGrath, 32, has been appointed as the parish priest of Glenravel and the administrator of The Braid. In addition, he will also provide chaplaincy services to schools in…
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