Vatican The existence of nuclear weapons creates a false sense of security that holds international relations hostage and stifles peaceful coexistence, Pope Francis said. “The threat of their use as well as their very possession is to be firmly condemned,” the Pope told participants at a conference on nuclear disarmament hosted by the Vatican. For…
Clare: Bishop Fintan Monahan thanks Gerard Gallagher and Jesse Rogers for “excellent presentations” at the Killaloe Diocesan In-service, also pictured are Maureen Kelly, Ger Nash and Eamon FitzGibbon.
US: A helicopter drops water on a fast moving wildfire in Orange, California. A recent Catholic Climate Covenant webinar explored the connection between global warming and extreme weather events.
India: A woman in Delhi sits amid the rubble of her home destroyed by local authorities in a bid to relocate the residents. Pope Francis will celebrate the Catholic Church’s first World Day of the Poor this Sunday.
Kenya: A protester shouts in front of a burning barricade in a slum area of Nairobi. Kenyan Catholic bishops have announced plans to convene a national dialogue forum in the face of a political crisis
A perfect sunny day as Sr Marie Therese Brosnan delights Caitlin Barry, blowing bubbles with her in the garden of St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, Co. Waterford. The picture is contained in a new book, A Year in the Life of Glencairn Abbey, which – through a series of images and words – offers a rare insight…
Loreto nun Sr Orla Treacy, with a statue of Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty after being awarded the 2017 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award in Killarney over the weekend. Sr Orla is principal of the Loreto school in Rumbek, South Sudan, where she has been a missionary since 2006. Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
Some 10,000 families – the vast majority of them believed to be Catholic – have been intimidated from their homes in the North since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, according to new figures. However, the figures – compiled by the Belfast-based investigative website Detail Data – may be much higher since many incidents…
Bishop Fintan Monahan, Bishop William Lee , Bishop Phonsie Cullinan, Dom Andre Barbour, Bishop Kieran O’Reilly and Bishop Willie Walsh with Mount Melleray’s Abbot Richard Purcell (centre) ahead of a Mass to invoke God’s blessing on the new abbot and his ministry. Photo: Oisin McHugh/ True Media
Almost 300 families have been helped out of homelessness this year by Focus Ireland, the charity has said at the launch of its annual Christmas Appeal. Highlighting how over 3,000 children are homeless nationwide, the charity said that while Ireland’s homeless crisis continues to worsen, with a record total of 8374 people now homeless, things…