Pope Francis names three women to office that helps him choose bishops Ten days after saying he would name two women to the group that helps him choose bishops, Pope Francis appointed three women to the office. The Vatican announced on July 13 that the Pope had named 14 new members of the Dicastery for Bishops. For the first…
The Sunday Gospel If you want to know what to believe, study the creed. If you want to know how to behave, study the Sermon on the Mount. And if you want to know how to pray, contemplate the Our Father, today’s Gospel (Luke 11:1-13). The disciples were deeply impressed by the prayerfulness of Jesus.…
New discipleship programme in Westmeath A new young adult faith formation programme is due to open at the Céilí Catholic community centre, Co. Westmeath, in September 2022. The residential programme of formation in Evangelisation and Missionary Discipleship is being offered to Catholic young adults, 18 years and over, who would spend nine months living in…
It was bound to happen. After over two years scrupulously taking every precaution to avoid infection, it caught me out: Covid visited me. And it took me over. It happened on a Saturday, the worst day for a priest in a one-priest parish. I woke with all the symptoms. An antigen test duly showed two…
Dear Editor, The article about TheJournal.ie’s coverage of the pro-life rally was very humorous [The Irish Catholic – July 7, 2022]. Their reporting that “hundreds” of people attended was so blatantly wrong it’s a miracle it was not caught by the organisation’s editors. As miracles are few and far between, in reality it seems to…
Discover God Daily: Seven Life-Changing moments from the Journey of Saint Ignatius, by Brendan McManus SJ and Jim Deeds (Messenger Publications, €9.95/£8.95) Pedro Arrupe: a heart larger than the World, by Brian Grogan SJ (Messenger Publications, €16.95/£18.95) Anyone who wishes to understand the feelings and thoughts that inform and motivate Pope Francis’s approach to the…
Parishioners will have to get used to laypeople leading burials and other funeral liturgies due to the shortage of priests under new plans unveiled by Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy. With few ordinations and an aging clergy, laypeople will become a key part of the jigsaw in providing ceremonies for grieving families Bishop Leahy told…
Ten of Ireland’s 26 dioceses have now withdrawn their investments from the fossil fuel industry, a key plank of the policy of Pope Francis on the protection of creation. The Archdiocese of Armagh is amongst the latest dioceses to withdraw investment in favour of renewables and is encouraging others to follow suit. Archbishop of Armagh…
The decision to give integrated schools in the North a £1.9 million funding package has been described as “bias” and disregards “the current emergency crisis within our education system”. Aontú’s Gemma Brolly, who is a teacher based in Derry, said that while her party support integrated education as a choice for parents, they should not…
Staff reporter The European Parliament (EP) is becoming a “focal point of pro-abortion activism” after parliamentarians passed a resolution decrying the US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs Wade according to an Irish legal counsel based in Strasbourg. The resolution adopted July 7 saw the EP criticise the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs…
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