The Irish mother of Nottingham attack victim, 19-year-old student Grace O’Malley-Kumar, has appealed for prayers for her daughter and for people not to harbour hate in their hearts during an emotional tribute to her daughter. Addressing the crowd at a vigil in Nottingham’s Market Square, Dublin-born Dr Sinéad O’Malley asked those gathered to “say prayers…
Fr Solanus Casey, a Capuchin Franciscan, moved closer to recognised sainthood with his beatification November 18, 2017, in Detroit, Michigan. Declared venerable in 1995, Fr Solanus (1870-1957) and his cause for canonisation remain important to many US Catholics. A soft-spoken Capuchin priest and son of Irish immigrants, he is one of the currently few native-born…
There has been a considerable increase in the cost of maintaining a basic living across all household types, according to the Society of St Vincent de Paul. In a new report, SVP says the cost of what is known as a Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) has revealed a significant increase in the twelve…
Irish bishops have warned that “extremist views” causing fear and racism towards refugees undermine Ireland’s culture of welcome, and the State should dialogue with local communities. In a statement on World Refugee Day, June 19, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference encouraged parishes and churches to continue the “great efforts to support our new residents with…
The Latin language in the Catholic Church faces two major hurdles: the increasingly exclusive access to Latin instruction worldwide and the difficulty of transmitting the ancient language’s modern value to seminarians from non-European backgrounds, said the new president of the Vatican’s Latin academy. Though it is fighting an uphill battle, the Pontifical Academy for Latin,…
When prelates and lay delegates gather in October for the upcoming Synod of Bishops, they will be asked to directly confront a number of pressing questions including the possibility of women deacons, access to the priesthood for married men, the integration of LGBTQ+ Catholics and penance for sexual abuse and the abuse of power, conscience…
Nowadays Christianity of the past is often criticised as having been opposed to the body; and it is quite true that tendencies of this sort have always existed. Yet the contemporary way of exalting the body is deceptive. Eros, reduced to pure ‘sex’, has become a commodity, a mere ‘thing’ to be bought and sold,…
Ugandans woke up June 17 to the shock of a school massacre in which at least 39 students and two community members were killed. Just before midnight local time June 16, rebels suspected to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) swooped into the Lhubiriha Secondary School in the town of Mpondwe, near the…
About 150 of the Faithful from parishes across Armagh archdiocese tackled Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, on a pilgrimage aimed at marking the 150th anniversary of the dedication of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh. The enthusiastic parishioners made the climb on Saturday. It also helped raise funds to help the cathedral into the future.
Comments on the margin By the book’s editor Changes are coming to Saudi Arabia, some of which may have interesting outcomes for all those interested in the past, present and possibly future of Christianity in the region. As is well known, the central desert of Arabia, where the capital Riyadh is located, is only part…