Brenda Drumm The World Meeting of Families 2022 (WMOF2022) concluded last weekend in Rome with a mission offered to all families by Pope Francis to: “Proclaim the beauty of being family with joy! Proclaim the grace of Christian marriage to children and young people.” The WMOF2022 was different from previous World Meetings as it was…
Catholic priests from dioceses across Vietnam will compete in the first-ever national football championship to promote the spirit of synodality, reported ucanews.com. The National Synodal Cup 2022-23 will be in July and October to coincide with the 15th National Congress of Vietnamese bishops, which is organising the event. The tournament is designed to foster fraternity…
The Catholic Church professes marriage and family life to be a path to holiness – a daunting concept – but one that can start with a tiny step, Pope Francis said. “Start from where you are, and, from there, try to journey together: together as couples, together in your families, together with other families, together…
Dear Editor, Below is an extensive quote from an article in The Irish Catholic, June 16, 2022 [‘Clear call’ for married priests from Irish synod participants]: “The value that underlines the desire is a ‘belief that a married clergy dealing daily with family issues, would be in a better position to understand and deal with…
Liam Fitzpatrick When Fr Richard O’Riordan launched his memoir Roots in Exile, his family raced to support him. He shared that the book would launch in Athlone, and his cousins booked their tickets. Only, Fr O’Riordan didn’t mean Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland – he meant Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. “So…they had to change their…
There will be challenging change ahead for Cork and Ross, Bishop Fintan Gavin has warned, as 14 priests are set to retire this summer. Of the 14, 12 are diocesan priests, while two are priests in religious orders who served in the diocese and won’t be replaced. Bishop Gavin said he is having to make…
First married couple beatified together feature at World Meeting of Families Relics of the first married couple to be beatified together by the Catholic Church were venerated inside St Peter’s Basilica during the World Meeting of Families in Rome. Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi were the official patrons of the 10th World Meeting of…
Responding to Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien’s comments about “underutilised” Church-owned land when it comes to housing, housing campaigner Fr Peter McVerry said that the State has more than enough land to build a lot of houses and “it seems to me there’s no urgency about doing that”. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr…
The Papal Nuncio to Ireland visited Co. Down to participate in a new initiative for the renewal of faith through an all-island novena, following in the steps of St Patrick. Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo visited St Patrick’s Church in Saul on the feast of Candlemas as part of the novena and was welcomed by Fr…
Two Jesuit priests were murdered in a rugged region of Mexico rife with violence as they provided refuge to a person being pursued by a gunman, according to the Society of Jesus and state officials. Jesuit Frs Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar died defending their parish in the community of Cerocahui in…