While there are not as many Irish missionaries working in Latin America as there were a few decades ago, their number – and their importance within the Church across the region – remains significant. Football is the dominant sport in most Latin American countries, and many Irish priests and religious have been following the World…
All eyes will turn to South Korea in August 2027, when the World Youth Day takes place in Seoul. Just over a year from the anticipated week, young people in Ireland are being invited to prepare and join this celebration of faith. South Korean Andrew Kim has been living in Ireland since 2022 and is…
Pender Island is part of the island chain that includes Vancouver Island off the city of the same name; Pender is a relatively small island of three thousand souls. These 3,000 doubles in summertime, when people return to their summer homes, made accessible by car ferry. This large population of people of all faiths and…
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul – martyrs and co-patrons of the city and the diocese of Rome – in St Peter’s Basilica on June 29. It was the second of two major gatherings of senior prelates over the past two weeks, which together offer subtle indications about…
Comments come ahead of meeting with Taoiseach as European Council President Two of Ireland’s most prominent bishops have insisted that human dignity is not something conferred by governments, constitutions or public opinion — but a gift from God that precedes and outlasts any human decision to recognise it. The bishops made the comments ahead of…
Gospel realism does not try to sand away the hard edges of life says Fr Chris Hayden On May 10, 1940, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain. Three days later he told his cabinet that he had “nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Later the same day, he repeated those…
Laypeople in ministry groups and parish offices can help combat uncertainty amid summer clerical changes, said Fr Padraig Walsh to The Irish Catholic shortly after the Diocese of Kerry announced diocesan appointments to take effect on July 15. Fr Walsh, who will leave the Parish of Our Lady and St Brendan’s Tralee to become Parish…
The Matt Talbot Prayer Society in Derry Diocese has released a new spiritual initiative to support families affected by addiction during their monthly Mass in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry. They distributed 200 ‘Spiritual Protection Packs’, each containing an icon of Jesus, an icon of Mary, a prayer card, and holy water. “There is a lot…
In July 15 each year, the Church celebrates the Feast of St Bonaventure, the Franciscan Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Bonaventure was born in 1217 in the Italian town of Bagnoregio. As a young man he came in contact with a new community gathered by a certain Francis of Assisi who died shortly after…
History has not been kind to the valiant daughter of Magdala. Dismissed, tarnished and relegated as an afterthought in Christ’s journey by individuals within the secular world, this is a travesty for the memory of Mary Magdalene, whose loyalty to Jesus in his direst time of need was only eclipsed by that of Our Lady…
Renata Steffens