Donegal Town, 1474-1974. Maynooth Studies in Local History, 182, by Matthew Potter (Four Courts Press, €12.95) For many years now, Four Courts Press has been publishing the Maynooth Studies in Local History and this volume is number 182 in the series. Readers will know them as short, focused and academically rigorous accounts of a wide…
Dear Editor, With reference to Roisín Coll’s article: ‘A cup of tea and an open door’, September 24. We have for years attended Mass one Sunday each year in a parish in Saumur, France. Last Sunday more than 50% of the congregation was “youngish.” The place teemed with young parents and children. Since COVID the…
The General Secretariat of the Synod has published the Final Report of Study Group 6 on The revision in a synodal missionary perspective of the documents touching on the relationship between bishops, consecrated life, and ecclesial associations, together with the second part – concerning ad limina Visits – of the Final Report of Study Group…
Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures. Pope Leo XIV on Sunday blasted the legalisation of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” as he doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit Sunday to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures of the…
Millions of Christians in Ethiopia gathered to celebrate Meskel, a religious holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman empress Helena in the 4th century, even as fighting continued in the troubled northern region of Tigray. Meskel holds added significance in Ethiopia, a largely agrarian society, as it marks, along with…
Amid a loneliness epidemic, recent research shows faith and family are “antidotes to isolation.” A report published by Institute for Family Studies on September 25 found that churchgoing Catholic couples are happier than other couples. Among the report’s most notable findings is that despite cultural challenges to faith and a decline in marriage, people who…
For Christians in Iraq, remaining in their historic homeland increasingly depends not only on security but also on whether younger generations can find meaningful work and build stable lives, according to Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil. In an interview with ACI MENA, the Arabic-language sister service of EWTN News, Warda said education, professional…
Judges at the International Criminal Court convicted rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani last week of crimes against humanity for abusing and torturing prisoners at a detention facility in the Central African Republic. Said, wearing blue jeans and a sweater, remained expressionless for most of the hour-long hearing in The Hague as presiding Judge Miatta…
A return to the Church and a thank you to Irish clergy and friends Dear Editor, I converted to Catholicism at 21 years of age and for 39 years the Church was my rock and my shield. I’m indebted to the Church for the education it gave me which enabled me to have a mature…
My name is Anthony. I am 12 years old, and I have two brothers and two sisters. I have loved altar serving since I was five. At first, it was just my older brother and me. A few months later, our younger brother asked the priest if he could serve too. Putting on my cassock…