Organised by the parish priest in St Patrick’s parish in Ringsend, 120 pilgrims from Rouen will attend the World Meeting of Families, and will make a special visit to the Dublin parish. Fr Ivan Tongue has arranged that on one of the evenings of the WMOF, set to be held in the capital from August…
Trial starts for Vatican official accused of embezzlement The Vatican has accused a former director of the Vatican bank and his lawyer of money laundering and embezzlement, saying the men skimmed an estimated €57 million off profits from the sale of Vatican properties. The trial of Angelo Caloia, who served as president of the Institute for the Works of Religion, the formal…
Dear Editor, I note with surprise and dismay the recent statement of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Eighth Amendment. On first reading, it appears that what bothers the ACP is that laity are involved in articulating the pro-life message to Mass-goers – a curiously inconsistent position for an association which garners much…
Junno Arocho Esteves While taking selfies can be an occasion to capture treasured memories, it can also be a sign that young men and women are deprived of meaningful human interaction with others Pope Francis said. The Pontiff responded to questions yesterday, May 14, at a meeting with 1,700 priests and lay leaders of…
Ahead of Ecumencial Bible Week, which starts this Sunday, John meets Frank Brown, Parish Pastoral Worker of the Combined Catholic Parishes of Clondalkin, in Episode 14. John asks Frank about how Ecumencial Bible Week started, and they get to grips with whether it’s possible to share the faith without being annoying, before Frank gives an…
Garry O’Sullivan Sources close to one of the Rome-based Irish seminarians who has been at the centre of widespread lurid allegations in the national media have said that lawyers have been instructed to take immediate legal action to clear his good name, The Irish Catholic can exclusively reveal. Legal letters have been issued to…
The View Martin Mansergh A wisely governed country strives to maintain social cohesion, particularly when it is under strain. Sometimes it is about how difficult and divisive decisions are taken. The experience of civil war over the Treaty and the limits of parliamentary authority contributed to a provision for referendums in the 1937 Constitution…
Bishop John Keenan of Paisley has criticised a video on homophobia posted by BBC Scotland in which the Eucharist is parodied, being said to “taste like cardboard” and “smell like hate”. The video ‘This is how homophobia feels in 2018’ was posted on April 9 on the Facebook page of BBC The Social, a project…
The president of the body that represents Catholic second level schools has described as “worrying and unwelcome” Department of Education guidelines that insist that schools must provide alternatives for students who do not wish to participate in religious education. While the circular applies only to Education and Training Board and community schools, Fr Paul Connell…
For more than 50 years, the writings of retired Pope Benedict XVI on the relationship between Faith and politics have insisted that the measure of human freedom is the extent to which each person acknowledges being dependent on the love of God, Pope Francis wrote. The future Pope’s “direct experience of Nazi totalitarianism led him…