Belfast’s oldest church reopens The oldest Catholic Church in Belfast has reopened for Mass after being closed for almost two months. Masses were celebrated at St Mary’s at the weekend for the first time since mid-July, with Mass having been celebrated at the Living Youth building, beside the church in Chapel Lane. St Mary’s, where…
A Canadian gold mining firm has turned down a request by the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) to access land in Co. Tyrone where locals say a Mass rock is located. The AOH says up to 12 bands and several hundred people are expected to attend a parade in Greencastle on Sunday to mark the…
The Passionist order of priests welcomed their third student on Sunday, when Conor Quinn took his first vows in Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne in Belfast. Conor, aged 27, is from South Armagh, the eldest son of Sean and Marianna Quinn, and a graduate in IT studies. After university he worked in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary for…
Russian Orthodox believers take part in a religious procession in Nevsky Prospekt Street to mark the 293rd anniversary of the translation of relics of St Alexander Nevsky; the relics were brought from the town of Vladimir to Alexander Nevsky Lavra Monastery in St Petersburg in 1724. Photo: PA Images
The Pope’s new representative to Ireland Papal Nuncio Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo has presented his credentials to President Michael D. Higgins. Chai Brady has this report (video by Colm Fitzpatrick).
Reports of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje could be recognised by the Vatican as early as this year according to an archbishop appointed by the Pope. Archbishop Henryk Hoser was given the task to study the pastoral care given to the town’s residents and pilgrims who arrive in their millions each year to…
At the invitation of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, a delegation representing bishops and officials from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference have held a two-hour bilateral meeting with ministers in Government Buildings. This was the first such meeting to take place under the Church-State structured dialogue process with Mr Varadkar as Taoiseach. The agenda for the meeting included:…
Louise Hanlon Faith, friendship and fun were the order of the day at the annual Catholic Young Adults Conference which took place in All Hallows College, Dublin at the weekend. The conference, organised by the Legion of Mary, had as its theme ‘Know Mary, Know Jesus’ and attracted over 200 attendees from various parts of…
Fr William Dailey CSC and Jonathan Tiernan The parable of the talents, wherein the opportunity to take risks and invest in the gifts we have received is contrasted with the fearful failure to bury the treasure and hope for the best, speaks powerfully to the Church at all times, but perhaps particularly when we consider…
David Mullins Dr Rhona Mahony is Master of Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street. She is a vocal critic of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution which protects the right to life of unborn children. She has spoken frequently about how the amendment affects her work and the work of other medics dealing…