Sr Hosea Rupprecht Did you ever decorate your room with posters of your favourite famous people when you were a teenager – a sports figure, movie star or musician? Growing up, I sure did. I had posters of John Denver, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in my bedroom. There’s no doubt that…
Cindy Wooden In an hourlong interview with Italy’s main news programme, Pope Francis announced he would travel to Dubai in early December for the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28. He also revealed that he speaks every day with the priest and women religious at Holy Family Church in Gaza, that he was pleased with the…
Jenna Marie Cooper Q: In watching The Chosen I noted a couple of demoniac episodes were included, as are in fact depicted in Scripture. No CGI effects were done to show the demons either going in or coming out of the victims, making the healed person seem to simply be someone with personality disorders. What…
Archbishop Eamon Martin unveiled a plaque at the family home of Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. Archbishop Martin remembered the former Primate of All Ireland, who led the Church in Ireland from 1977 until his death in 1990, as a “good shepherd” who some would have “unfairly labelled him…
Eduardo Campos Lima Despite hopes that violent land disputes in Brazil would diminish with the return to power of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, generally seen as more favourable to land reform and Indigenous rights, Brazil’s Catholic bishops recently reported no decline over the first six months of 2023. For the most part,…
The wars being fought in Gaza, Ukraine and other parts of the world are destroying the future of the children who live in those nations, Pope Francis said. Speaking about the conflict in Palestine and Israel after praying the Angelus in St Peter’s Square November 5, the Pope asked the world to “think of the…
Deacon Greg Kandra Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 1 Thes 4:13-18 1 Thes 4:13-14 (alternate) Mt 25:1-13 It’s that time of year again. In much of the country, the leaves are falling, nights are lengthening, frost is appearing on the ground — and the readings at Sunday Mass are turning once more to talk of…
Dear Editor, the article discussing the role of newer Catholic communities in Ireland and their potential to reinvigorate Faith [The Irish Catholic – November 2, 2023], was most interesting. The insights shared by Fr Severino and Fr Joseph Mathew, are enlightening. It is heartening to see the rich tapestry of Catholicism flourishing in Ireland through…
Fermanagh parish opens post box to Heaven The team at Aghalurcher Parish in Co. Fermanagh have erected white post boxes at their graveyards at both St Mary’s Maguiresbridge and Holy Cross Lisnaskea to enable parishioners to write letters to deceased friends and family. The white ‘Letters to Heaven’ post box enables parishioners to write letters,…
If Russian President Vladimir Putin prevails in his invasion of Ukraine, religious freedom in the country would be curtailed, Ukrainian faith leaders said at a recent event at the United States Institute of Peace. Ivan Rusyn, deputy senior bishop of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church, said that “this war is not about our land, this war…