The Catholic Church must be a place of justice and mercy, and its members must be catalysts for change, some young observers have said at the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican. “In order to teach justice and mercy to our young people, the Church must first be a place of justice and mercy for…
Bishop Laurence Forristal, who has died aged 87, has been described as having worked “tirelessly in service of the people of God”. Kilkenny-born Bishop Forristal served as bishop of Ossory from 1981 to 2007, and has been praised by the current Bishop of Ossory, Dr Dermot Farrell. Offering his sympathies to Dr Forristal’s family, friends…
The Archdiocese of Boston announced last week that it is expanding its sex abuse investigation to include all three of its seminaries. The investigation will now include Pope St John XXIII National Seminary and Redemptoris Mater Seminary, along with St John’s Seminary, which has been under investigation since August after two of its seminarians filed…
Dear Editor, Your editor’s comment on the need to present young people with real challenges (IC 11/10/2018) exposes a very serious problem in our efforts to pass on the Faith to our children, the gravity of which our Church seems unable to grasp, as comments by Bishop Brendan Leahy on the YouCat for Kids suggest.…
Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Washington’s Cardinal Donald Wuerl today, while asking the cardinal to continue leading the Archdiocese of Washington on an interim basis until a permanent successor is appointed. In a letter to Wuerl obtained by CNA today, Pope Francis told the cardinal: “Your renunciation is a sign of…
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumours about his sexual misconduct, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops has revealed. However, because they were only rumours and not proof, then-Pope Benedict XVI never imposed formal sanctions on the retired Washington…
The world’s youngest cardinal, 51-year-old Cardinal Dieudonne Nzapalainga of Bangui, Central African Republic, insists the key question before the Synod of Bishops is: “What is God trying to tell us through young people?” Finding better ways to pass the Faith on to younger generations is one part of the task, the cardinal told reporters on…
The Franciscan Friary at Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath, has marked 750 years of continuous service and presence. It began with an historical drama for local 5th and 6th class children on Tuesday morning, telling the story of the years since 1268 to the present time; that evening there was a Novena to St Anthony of Padua…
Leaders of the main religious traditions in Ireland have said it is vital to focus on restoring devolution in the North, which must happen through “ongoing dialogue”. Bishops and religious met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, on October 8 at Stormont House in Belfast. The meeting took…