As India continues to add more than 300,000 Covid-19 patients daily, Catholic leaders have suggested ways to meet the needs of the thousands approaching their health facilities. “Our hospitals are full and there is no scope for fresh admissions unless the patients in the hospitals are discharged,” Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore told UCA News…
Political parties determined to promote their ‘progressive credentials’ are intent on stoking fears of an imaginary Catholic threat to their vision of a secular Ireland, writes David Mullins From 2012 to 2017 the decision to relocate the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street to a site on the Elm Park campus of St Vincent’s Hospital…
While Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare already has forgiven his attackers, he said finding the truth about why he was shot in the legs at his home in Rumbek, South Sudan, will help achieve reconciliation. The Italian-born bishop-designate, 43, was responding to news that three local priests were among the 12 people arrested for their possible involvement…
An initiative aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse that has reshaped how the Catholic Church safeguards children is ready to take the next step. On September 1, the Centre for Child Protection at the Gregorian University in Rome will become the Institute of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care, or IADC. The…
Thomas Sternberg, 69, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, announced April 23 he will not seek re-election to the post in November. Mr Sternberg assumed the highest office of Germany’s Catholic lay organisation in 2015. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported the organisation will be forced to find new leadership in the…
The White House press secretary said last Tuesday that President Biden “respectfully disagrees” with Catholic bishops on federally-funded foetal tissue research. At the White House press briefing, EWTN News Nightly’s Owen Jensen asked press secretary Jen Psaki about the Biden administration’s recent decision to remove restrictions on federally-funded foetal tissue research. “As you well know,…
Living Laudato Si’ Jane Mellett Many of us watched the news in horror in recent weeks as we saw Killarney National Park on fire. Similar fires also burned in the Mourne Mountains and many other areas across the country. These fires are started deliberately, run out of control very quickly, and do untold damage to…
Pope Francis’ anti-corruption law seeks to quash Vatican ‘envelope’ culture As part of a sweeping new anti-corruption law, Pope Francis last Thursday declared that officials of the Roman Curia should no longer accept personal gifts with a monetary value over €40. The new rule appears to be an effort to quash the Vatican “envelope” culture,…
The Sunday Gospel Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. Our Gospel today, John 15:9-17, is a continuation of the statement of Jesus, “I am the vine, you are the branches.” The context is the discourse of Jesus with the disciples at the Last Supper. He has been telling them that his days among them in a…
Russian troops instilling fear in Ukraine border regions A Catholic bishop from eastern Ukraine said tensions remain high despite an announced withdrawal of Russian forces. “Nothing has changed – the great bulk of Russian forces are still here, as fighting flares intermittently and people still die,” said Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of Odessa-Simferopol. “The east and…