Bishops Leahy and Murray led a group of pilgrims from the diocese to Rome

RTÉ have launched new religious programming for the radio and television schedules in November. A new season of programmes on RTÉ One to mark November as the month of All Souls under the title ‘Once in a Lifetime’ will explore attitudes towards death in Ireland. As part of this, the documentary A Parting Gift secures…

Robert Duncan  Looking ahead to the October 2015 world Synod of Bishops on the family, Cardinal George Pell said the task for Catholics “over the next 12 months” is to explain “the necessity of conversion, the nature of the Mass” and “the purity of heart the Scriptures require of us to receive Holy Communion”. Cardinal…

“Benedict XVI was a great Pope,” he said

The family is beaten and wounded, Pope Francis claims

Twelve Chaldean religious men and priests living in the United States, Canada, Australia and Sweden have been suspended from exercising their priestly ministry for not receiving permission from their superiors before emigrating from Iraq. At least three of those suspended had been serving the Chaldean diaspora in the Eparchy of St Peter the Apostle of…

There will be five liturgical items up for consideration. All are subject to amendments from bishops. All but one require approval of two-thirds of the bishops, followed by final approval from the Vatican. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who is president of the USCCB, will deliver his first presidential address. He was elected…