The event was regarded as one of the leading gatherings in the field, featuring a distinguished line-up of theologians and church leaders. The congress took place in Dublin in part to mark the appointment of Professor Fáinche Ryan of the Loyola Institute as the incoming President of the European Society for Catholic Theology. Among the…
For Irish medical missionaries and anyone who advocates for human rights, SafeBirth4All provides an opportunity to get involved in public health education, prevention and rehabilitation of women and girls. The SafeBirth4All campaign, launched in May 2024 in Dublin, seeks to raise awareness about obstetric fistula, a condition in which a hole in the birth canal…
It’s fair to say that the pace of modern life is accelerating. Technologies that once belonged to the realm of science fiction, think of films like Gattaca (1997) or Jurassic Park (1993), are quickly becoming reality. What seemed like speculation mere decades ago is unfolding before our eyes. From in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and embryonic…
The Synodal Pathway is God’s invitation to all of us – the baptised – to enter into a process of conversion and renewal as a pilgrim people. It prioritises communion, participation and mission rather than “organisational expediency” (Final Document 44), asking us to listen to the Spirit which requires attention to Scripture, the sensus fidei…
Why you, and not me?” Pope Francis once asked while visiting inmates in Rome’s Rebibbia prison. That phrase, which showed deep empathy, still resonates in the minds and hearts of the inmates, who today live their special Jubilee of Hope – welcoming visitors, sharing stories, and expressing their wishes. With his words, the Pope sought…
Prosecutors on the Greek island of Syros have filed felony charges against two Catholic clerics and six civilians in connection with the alleged embezzlement and money laundering of more than 3 million euros in diocesan funds. The indictments this month follow an investigation that began in late 2024 when Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority uncovered suspicious…
Józef Kowalczyk, the first papal ambassador to postwar Poland and a former Primate of Poland, has died at the age of 86. The Archdiocese of Gniezno, where he once served as archbishop, announced his death on Thursday. Kowalczyk had been hospitalised for more than three weeks in a serious condition. At the end of July,…
Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the US Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF). Vicky Hartzler became chair of the commission in June. In an interview with CNA, she said of her new mission: “We want to make a difference. We want to save lives.” Hartzler’s…
Two years after “the worst episode of violence against Christians” in Pakistan’s history, according to the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad said the community of the faithful is outraged by the apparent failure of justice. In August 2023, Muslims in the village of Jaranwala in the…
Pope Leo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï said, a trip that would give history’s first American pope a chance to speak in broad terms about peace in the Middle East and the plight of Christians there. A visit to Lebanon could be the…