CANADA: Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, pictured during a news conference, has been elected president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. He will serve a two-year term.
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BRITAIN: A man unveils Mother Joanna Jamieson’s mural of Venerable Magdalen Taylor at the Kairos Centre in London.
Archbishop Paul Gallagher speaks at the Cardinal Cahal Daly Memorial Lecture in Belfast
Archbishop Paul Gallagher – Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See (Vatican foreign minister) – speaks at the Cardinal Cahal Daly Memorial Lecture in Belfast on the practice of dialogue.
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis poses with a group of dancers from Mexico during his general audience in St Peter’s Square.
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BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar wait to receive aid at a camp in Cox’s Bazar. Immigrants and refugees need to be respected and assisted, not treated like an enemy, a panel said during a news conference at the Vatican launching the Caritas ‘Share the Journey’ campaign.
New show shines light on vital role of chaplains
The work of hospital, prison, and university chaplains are the focus of ‘Ministry of Hope’, the second episode of which is screened on RTÉ One this Thursday. The series concentrates on Margaret Sleator, one of the first ever lay chaplain in Dublin’s Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Catherine Black chaplain to Arklow, Co Wicklow’s Shelton Abbey…
Government proposed tax cuts favour higher earners
A social justice think tank has urged tax proposals being considered by Government to be rejected as they would favour “only those with higher incomes”. Social Justice Ireland (SJI) makes the warning ahead of Budget 2018. A study conducted by the think tank focused on three proposals, which they say will cost the State roughly…
Catholic charity launches Romero Award for WMOF
Trócaire has launched an award that gives Irish families the chance to learn about the lives of families in developing countries in preparation for the World Meeting of Families (WMOF). The Romero award is separated into three categories, the first being families. The second is for schools/youth aimed at young people aged 4-19, and encourages…
Young urged to find God’s plan for their lives
Young people trying to plan their future are being encouraged to take up the challenge to try and discern God’s will for their lives in a new programme being pioneered by the Diocese of Elphin. The Siena programme is aimed at young people who may find themselves at a crossroads in life having just finished…
Devout Catholic Coronation Street star dies
A much-loved and Catholic soap star died aged 77 last week after 30 years on television. Liz Dawn, who played the fiery Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street, realised one of her dreams when she met St John Paul II when he was Pope in the Vatican in 1998 after years of charity work. The television…