Staff reporter Pilgrims have been welcomed to Knock shrine to learn about the catechism, meet with people of faith and share ideas about “how to practically plan for faith formation”. Organised by the Catechism of the Catholic Church – Adult Studies, the free event will take place on July 30. The theme of this year’s…
Staff Reporter Irish Columban Missionary Fr Michael Riordan has been listed among 20 exceptional alumni of University College Dublin. The announcement came to mark the anniversary of UCD’s school of Veterinary Medicine’s move to the Science Centre on Belfield campus. Fr Riordan and his fellow alumni were nominated by staff, students and graduates because “they…
Staff reporter The Latin Mass pilgrimage to Knock International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine will take place Saturday, September 3. The pilgrimage will begin with a sung Latin Mass (Missa Cantata) in the Extraordinary Form, followed by the Stations of the Cross and Benediction. All events will take place in the parish church in Knock. The…
Pope Francis has dismissed rampant rumours that his resignation is imminent in a recent Reuters interview, saying that he’s on course to visit Canada this month and that he hopes to be able to visit both Moscow and Kyiv after that. Speaking to the Reuters reporter in the Vatican Philip Pullella, Pope Francis also denied…
The Nicaraguan Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of 101 nongovernmental organisations, including the Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by St Teresa of Calcutta that is dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. The order to shut down the 101 NGOs was requested by Sandinista legislator Filiberto Rodríguez in a June…
Liam Fitzpatrick Bishop Noel Treanor, bishop of Down and Connor, welcomed the development of Elective Overnight Stay Centres in Mater Hospital, Belfast, noting the hospital’s “long and distinguished history” in providing care. “This new service underpins the key role of the hospital as a provider of care and treatment to those in need and as…
Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, is resolute in the wake of tragedy. St Francis Xavier Church in Ondo, where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass, will reopen by autumn. “We’ll resume full activities as it has always been,” Bishop Arogundade told Catholic News Service June 28…
Calls for Church solidarity following Texas truck deaths The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck. Authorities said June 28 the death toll had risen to at least 53. Originally, first responders pulled…
Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision June 24, attacks on Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centres have been reported in West Virginia, Washington, Virginia, Louisiana, Colorado, California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Indiana. Below are the latest recorded attacks since the decision. St Patrick Catholic Church in Philadelphia was defaced with pro-abortion…
Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn Her Keys to the City: Honouring the Women Who Made Dublin Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn (Dublin City Council / Four Courts Press, €19.99/£17.20) The old Thom’s Directory, which down to the end of the 1960s was the essential reference work for nearly every aspect of Dublin life, used to print…