Thousands expected for annual pilgrimage to holy site Not every pilgrim who comes to Knock seeking healing will find it — but that does not mean they leave empty-handed, according to the shrine’s rector. Fr Richard Gibbons PP said that even when the miracle sought is not granted, Knock offers pilgrims something else: the certainty…
The centenary of Cork’s Eucharistic Procession and the growing devotion to St Carlo Acutis in Ardfinnan were highlighted in an RTÉ Nationwide programme broadcast on Wednesday, August 5. The programme looked back at this year’s procession, when more than 5,000 people accompanied the Blessed Sacrament through Cork despite persistent rain. Led by Bishop of Cork…
A conference on ‘Irish Catholic Spaces: Pasts and Futures’ at Dublin City University will address “the extraordinary built heritage of the Church in Ireland,” according to Catholic Historical Society of Ireland committee member Prof. John McCafferty. The conference will be put on by the historical society at DCU’s St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra on September…
Catholics who have drifted from the Church will be invited to “come home” during Dublin’s third annual Eucharistic and Marian Procession this month. The procession will leave St Nicholas of Myra Church, Francis Street, at 2.30pm on Sunday, August 16, before concluding with Mass at St Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, at 5pm. Organiser Karen Brady…
“It appears as if the Taoiseach has forgotten his own words that ‘Israel’s violations of human rights are contravening international law’,” said the Priests Against Genocide IRL-UK group (PAG) to The Irish Catholic following their open letter to the Taoiseach, Tanaiste and Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) Governor. The letter addressed Ireland’s role in enabling…
A new Dominican theology course aims to deepen Catholics’ understanding of the faith and contribute to renewal in the Irish Church, its organiser has said. Credenda, a beginners’ course starting in September, will combine online sessions with in-person gatherings in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Sligo. Dr Robert McNamara, head of philosophy at St Patrick’s Pontifical…
The death of the comedian Jimmy Cricket who died on Monday at the age of 80 following a short illness has been met with widespread sadness and tributes. Cricket’s son, Fr Frankie Mulgrew, said the late comedian “saw the joy in everything, right up until his death”. “On Sunday he wanted the last rights twice,…
Kylemore Abbey marked a decade of partnership with the University of Notre Dame on July 30, celebrating the vibrancy and connectivity of the university’s global campus at Kylemore Castle. These ten years mark the first third of the 30-year agreement which established Notre Dame’s Kylemore campus in the St Joseph’s Wing of the castle. The…
When it comes to love affairs, or romantic entanglements, the question of who is luring whom can be a complex one. A Kenyan bishop, Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, has asked women to respect the celibacy of Catholic priests and not to tempt or “force them into affairs”. He has banned overnight guests at priests’ residences, and…
How would you feel if, in order to practice your Catholic faith, you had to comply with a draconian series of laws which dictated whether there could be a church, who could be appointed as a bishop or priest, how priests were to be trained, when and where worship was allowed, who could belong to…
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