Kerry: Pictured after the blessing and unveiling ceremony of the Window of Reconciliation at St John the Baptist Church Tralee, back John Griffin Eng, Micheal Ó Suilleabháin, Tom Denny Artist, Fr David Monteeith, Dean of Leicester (Homilist). Cllr Norma Foley, Mayor of Tralee. CoI Bishop Kenneth Kearon. Bishop Ray Browne, Fr Tadhg Fitzgerald, Bill Looney…
Dear Editor, At a time when other news outlets – including, sadly, other Catholic ones – fill their online and paper pages with ‘fake news’ about the Vatican, it’s reassuring to see The Irish Catholic holding the line for responsible journalism. Only this week the Vatican had to quash rumours irresponsibly reported across certain elements…
Mayo: Priests of the Archdiocese of Tuam gathered to celebrate Mass with Archbishop Michael Neary to mark the Silver Jubilee of his episcopal ordination
Italy: Pope Francis greets the crowd outside the Ardeatine Caves Memorial in Rome November 2, the Feast of All Souls. The site honours 335 Italian citizens who were killed there by the Nazis in 1944.
Uganda: Refugees from South Sudan are seen in the Palabek Refugee Camp in northern Uganda. Salesian missionaries have opened five chapels in the camp and minister to the refugees who have fled violence in their homeland.
60 at Roscrea: Celebrating the Roscrea Conference at Mt St Joseph Abbey, 1987-2017 edited by George Cunningham (The Roscrea People; 300 copies numbered and signed; nos 1-150 h/b, €40, and 150 Card covers, nos 151-300, €20; p/p €5 within Ireland.) Terry Barry Ireland is truly lucky for a small island to have so many excellent local…
US: Novices of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara are seen at Holy Comforter St Cyprian Church in Washington prior to the start of their profession of vows. National Vocations Awareness Week is November 5-11.
Pakistan: Pakistani children pray near graves of their loved ones as they observe All Souls’ Day on November 2 in Karachi.
Meath: Organisers and presenters attend the Eucharistic Adoration Assembly in Mullingar.
Bracelet can tell if a woman is pregnant Traditional home pregnancy tests could soon be a thing of the past, with scientists announcing a new smartwatch system that alerts women when they have conceived. Swiss researchers, presenting research in Texas at the annual congress of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said that conception leads…