The Catholic Grandparents Association (CGA) has welcomed Pope Francis’ establishment of a ‘World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and the Elderly’ which will take place for the first time on July 25 this year. Archbishop Michael Neary of Tuam, patron of the CGA, welcomed the move saying the Pope is “highlighting the very important role…
Dozens of people in Kerry have benefitted from spiritual exercises Exodus and Fiat 90, which have proven “absolutely powerful” in helping people thrive during lockdown. Exodus and Fiat 90 are a set of male and female spiritual exercises respectively which aim to strip life back to the basics of prayer, asceticism and community. An extended…
There’s been a campaign afoot to make St Brigid’s Day, on February 1, a national holiday on a par with St Patrick’s Day. Gender balance among Irish saints! And why not? St Brigid has a strong devotional tradition, and the St Brigid’s cross is a symbol cherished in so many Irish households. Brigid, who died…
Dublin’s new leader has insisted that how we rise to challenges and opportunities defines who we are as people of faith, writes Michael Kelly Archbishop Dermot Farrell has said he is filled with hope as he takes up his new appointment as archbishop of the country’s largest diocese. Dr Farrell was installed in St Mary’s…
RTÉ has confirmed that it will continue to offer extra religious content until the end of June while the national vaccination programme is implemented. The national broadcaster has aired weekday and Sunday Masses since the first lockdown last March in partnership with churchservices.tv. Commissioning editor of religious content at RTÉ, Roger Childs, commented, saying that…
The View In addition to dedicating this year to St Joseph, Pope Francis has announced a special year dedicated to the family, beginning on St Joseph’s feast day, March 19. A year dedicated to the family is wonderful news: but how should it be approached and celebrated? Despite what the world tells us, it is…
The Israeli Embassy in Ireland has hit back at a statement by the Vatican’s Holy Land Coordination Group that Israel has a “legal responsibility” to vaccinate Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. In a statement released by the group, which included Irish bishops Dr Noel Treanor and Dr Fintan Monahan, they stated that Israel…
Director of Vocations Ireland Margaret Cartwright tells Ruadhán Jones about an exciting initiative to highlight vocations In January 2017, Pope Francis told a vocations conference in Italy that the Church urgently needs to “bring into the Christian community a new ‘vocational culture’”. The Pope closed his speech that day by praying that those present would…
Poland’s constitutional court published January 21 the rationale for its declaration that abortion for foetal abnormalities is unconstitutional three months after it made the ruling. In the highly anticipated ruling on October 22, the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw said that the law introduced in 1993 was incompatible with Poland’s constitution. But the law did not…
We look to our own Government to protect us, and if they fail, then we understandably turn on them, writes David Quinn It is not at all clear at this stage when those who want to receive a Covid-19 vaccination will get their wish. It is to be hoped that everyone over the age of…
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