In Short After 100 years nativity statues from a North Belfast church have been restored with the help of young people, an artist, and the Housing Executive. Over time the figures were substantially damaged but restoration work from local young people, shepherded by Antrim artist Janet Crymble, has given them a new lease of life…
Kiladare: Orla Curtin, Sarah Lennon and Aishling Mc Kenna graduate from the Pontifical University St Patrick’s College Maynooth. Archbishop Eamon Martin presided over the ceremony which included 241 lay, clerical and religious students and 24 permanent deacons who were first to complete a Diploma in Diaconal studies. Photo: John Mc Elroy.
Brazil: Soldiers of the Brazilian army patrol a street in the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro. Police crackdowns on drug dealers in the area have affected people’s religious activities.
Youth Space Niamh O’Sullivan, Rosa Geoghegan and Sarah Lennon Holy Child Killiney is a school in the Le Chéile Trust and has a tradition of undertaking an Immersion Project with Fifth Year students which has involved travelling to Kenya and Kolkata. The initiative echoes the Christian ethos of the Le Chéile Mission statement and continues…
It is almost unjust and unchristian to speak of economic success at a time when homelessness has reached unprecedented levels in Ireland, Bishop Brendan Leahy has said. In a letter read in Limerick churches ahead of the Church’s first World Day of the Poor, Bishop Leahy noted how Irish homelessness has been a crisis for…
The Church’s charitable agency in the Middle East and Africa has called on people to pray for all affected by a devastating earthquake that occurred on the border of Iran and Iraq in which at least 450 people have been killed. The majority of the victims of the 7.3 magnitude quake are from Iran. Altogether…
Battering the beleaguered bishops is neither going to spur them into effective action nor is it going to hasten reconciliation, writes Dom Mark Patrick Hederman In 2008 I was elected Abbot of Glenstal Abbey. This vote could not be ratified in Rome, however, unless I, who had been a brother monk for almost 50…
Although Bangladesh has welcomed a massive influx of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, a Catholic aid official is worried that the welcome may be wearing thin. James Gomes, regional director of Caritas, the Church’s charitable agency, said Bangladesh responded quickly to the surprise arrival of more than 600,000 Rohingya. “As a Bangladeshi, I’m proud of…
Time is running out for young people to have their say ahead of next year’s Synod of Bishops in Rome. The October 2018 Synod of Bishops, following on recent synods on the family and on the New Evangelisation, is on the theme of ‘Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment’, and in connection with this youth.synod2018.va is…
The incoming president of the Philippines Catholic bishops’ conference has caused a stir after saying fighting the proliferation of drugs should take precedence over narcotic related killings. The senior prelate’s statement last week was a change in Church dialogue relating to the issue, which has condemned President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. At a Mass…