The former director of the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency told the Vatican court that his office’s minimal involvement in a costly property deal was at the behest of Pope Francis and several top Vatican officials. Tommaso Di Ruzza, the former director of the Vatican watchdog agency, then known as the Financial Information Authority, or AIF,…
We can learn a lot from a simple Italian friar, writes Eve Parnell There’s a painting in the National Gallery of Ireland, big, oil on canvas, 17th century, dark colours, easy to walk by and not notice, but one day a little flash caught my eye. I looked at the painting, really looked, for the…
In the basement of a church in western Ukraine, far from the most ferocious Russian attacks, residents and displaced people contribute to the war effort by weaving camouflage nets, baking vareniki dumplings and making rosaries. “We’re not just weaving good luck charms for the guys; we are weaving the country together,” said Lyudmila, who fled…
Vocational Supplement One can passionately trust that Religious Life, religious community, and the work they do, for example the Presentation Brothers, continue to fine news ways expression and relevance in our Church and world today. As Presentation Brothers, we have kept praying. inviting, promoting, and encouraging new life and vocations to our Congregation. We believe…
Dear Editor, While I agree with David Quinn that we must try to avoid any potential schism over recommended changes to Church teaching and practices as a result of our Synodal pathway journey [The Irish Catholic – April 21, 2022], this must not be at a cost of a veto on any significant change. Those…
Pope praises Papal Foundation’s generosity Pope Francis praised members of the US-based Papal Foundation for helping the Catholic Church build “a culture of solidarity and peace,” including by providing assistance to victims of the war in Ukraine. “As we are witnessing in these days the devastating effects of war and conflict, you increasingly see the…
Staff reporter Pope Francis has appointed Msgr John Kennedy, a priest of Dublin diocese, as one of two secretaries to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). The announcement came last Sunday, April 24, and follows an instruction published last month which established two divisions for the CDF, doctrinal and disciplinary. Msgr Kennedy…
Staff reporter Irish women’s international rugby player Claire McLaughlin (30) has said her Christian faith is really important, saying prayers before each match. “I’m a Christian,” Ms McLaughlin told The Sunday Independent, adding that “my faith has been really important to me over the past number of years.” Antrim-born, Ms McLaughlin was first capped for…
Staff reporter A leading Professor of Psychiatry has said that the Church cannot be blamed for the largest institutions in Ireland used by communities to lock people away from society. Brendan Kelly of Trinity College Dublin has just published a new book, In Search of Madness: A Psychiatrist’s Travels Through the History of Mental Illness.…
The Vatican will never stop its diplomatic efforts to mediate an end to the war against Ukraine, Pope Francis said. However, the meeting between the Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow planned for June has been cancelled out of concern it could cause “confusion,” and there will be no papal visit to Kyiv…