Pop icon Madonna asks the Pope to travel to Gaza. He is the only one who cannot be refused entry. The appeal is also read in the Vatican – but probably has no chance of success. The US-American singer Madonna (66) has made an unusual appeal to her fellow generation member and compatriot Pope Leo…
Catholic bishops are defending Muslim festivals in Spain and are against a ban being pushed by right-wing populists. They see religious freedom in danger. Now the Vox party is reacting to the criticism. Spain’s right-wing populists from the Vox party are outraged by the Catholic Church’s criticism of the party’s stance on Islam. Vox leader…
Pastor Pawel Nowak has often demonstrated his stamina for a good cause. His biggest project to date: cycling to the Pope in three days for children with cancer. He managed it – with a small course correction “Unfortunately, I didn’t get to shave.” Pawel Nowak grins mischievously into the Roman evening sun, his hands resting…
It was the work of the Holy Spirit: Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius talks about the papal election and his impressions of Leo XIV and why he hopes for peace, dialogue and unity. His participation in the election of the new Pope was a privilege and a grace for him: Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius explained in…
When the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki, it also destroyed the spiritual heart of Japanese Catholics: Urakami, the centre of faith of the once persecuted Christians, was wiped out in seconds. On 9 August 1945, the second American atomic bomb, codenamed “Fat Man”, exploded over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Around 75,000 people died immediately…
As we watch the news each night and see the latest images coming from Gaza, our hearts recoil in horror before the humanitarian disaster unfolding there. There is also the sense of powerlessness that leaves us feeling unable to do anything to help and yet our conscience tells us that indifference and doing nothing is…
From northern Germany to Rome by road bike – in just three days? And without sleep? You have to be pretty crazy to do that. Or have a goal, like Pastor Pawel Nowak. Pawel Nowak (39), a Catholic “racing bike pastor” from Bremen, arrived in St Peter’s Square on Tuesday evening – after around 90…
[Link to the Full Report] The Government is facing growing pressure to explain why it continues to demand €26.2 million from the Legion of Mary to contribute to the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme. The Department of Children is sticking to its position despite the assets of the Legion being worth less than 10%…
Catholics from abroad who “have lived the Faith in different ways” can enrich the Church in Ireland and help the synodal process, the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly has said. In a wide-ranging interview with The Irish Catholic, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly SMA warned against “people who have a certain perspective on our brothers and sisters…
It is difficult to fathom how a government so eager to speak of “inclusion,” “equity,” and “reconciliation” continues to pursue a €26.2 million financial demand from the Legion of Mary — an organisation that, by every available measure, did more for Ireland’s most vulnerable women than the State itself ever dared to do. The Regina…
Chai Brady