Irish eyes were certainly smiling in Dublin at the weekend as Ireland secured an historic win over the All Blacks, but star player Jacob Stockdale takes it all in his stride putting his rugby career firmly in the hands of God. The Ulster player – who electrified the Aviva Stadium with his winning try over…
The View Martin Mansergh Commemoration of the ending of the First World War on Sunday, November 11, both here in Ireland and at the international ceremony in France where world leaders gathered, was conducted with great dignity and solemnity. The sacrifices of those who fought were acknowledged, but with the message that such…
A priest was attacked by a Hindu mob in northern India, and then arrested by police after Hindus accused him of causing the disturbance. Fr Vineet Vincent Pereira was conducting a prayer service in Ghohana town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh when right-wing Hindus attacked him. The priest lives in a house with…
Catholic leaders applauded a presidential order requiring education ministry officials to return to churches all of the schools that religious denominations surrendered to the government five decades ago. President Uhuru Kenyatta said he had given government officials one week for the restoration of the schools’ ownership to churches, to return the land they occupy and…
Scotland’s last Catholic queen is hotly tipped to be the role that sees Ireland’s Saoirse Ronan [pictured] win her first Academy Award. Although criticised by historians, Josie Rourke’s film Mary Queen of Scots is already winning rave reviews for Ms Ronan and Margot Robbie’s performances as the Catholic queen and her English nemesis, Elizabeth I.…
New guidelines on the question of clerical sexual abuse were discussed and presented during the general assembly of Italy’s bishops, with the creation of a National Advisory Centre to aid bishops and the promises to make a “more radical evangelical choice” in terms of prevention. “Woe to whoever touches children,” said Italian Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti,…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has launched the 2018 online Advent Calendar, which will go live on www.catholicbishops.ie on the first Sunday of Advent, December 2 next. The 2018 Advent calendar will provide a special focus on family as part of ongoing reflections following the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families…
The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was leaving the bishops’ autumn general assembly more hopeful than when the meeting began. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in remarks closing the assembly that his hope was primarily grounded in Christ as well as realising that the body of bishops was on…
With the new series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here hitting TV screens Sunday last, most viewers expected to see spiders, snakes and cockroaches, but not someone praying the Rosary. This week, Anne Hegerty [pictured], who shot to fame as a Chaser in the ITV game show The Chase, was seen praying the…
The Philippines’ bishops’ conference has announced it will dedicate 2019 as the ‘Year of the Youth’. The year-long celebration which will start on the first Sunday of Advent on December 2, will carry the theme ‘Filipino Youth in Mission: Beloved, Gifted, Empowered’. Its observance, which the bishops described as part of the “nine-year journey for New…