A few years ago, I started to pray using the Examen of St Ignatius Loyola. Everything changed for me. Prayer took on a new, refreshing character. I became an evangelist for the Examen. I buttonholed friends, wrote blog posts and a book, and recorded guided Examens on the Internet. I did everything I could to…
A Catholic parish priest accused of “offending state authorities” in Belarus said he understood the hardships facing prisoners of conscience after just four days in jail. “I wouldn’t wish this on anyone – not a single hour in such a place,” said Fr Andrej Kulik, rector of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish…
Revelations of rampant sexual abuse by deceased Jesuit Fr Alfonso Pedrajas have prompted dozens of people in Bolivia to come forward with similar accusations of atrocities in the South American country, where the Catholic Church confronts a reckoning over the criminal acts of paedophile priests. An investigation by Bolivian newspaper Página Siete found more than…
Nicaraguan dictatorship withholds over $500,000 donated to Church A recent investigation by the Nicaraguan newspaper El Confidencial revealed that the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has withheld more than half a million dollars that was donated to the Church in Estelí by the US bishops’ humanitarian aid agency Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The independent media reported…
Dear Editor, Are people aware of the extended abortion ‘care’ bill, tabled by Deputy Brid Smith PBP, that has passed its second stage by a narrow majority in the Dáil? If this bill becomes law, it means: Abortion on demand up to 6 months, no anaesthetic of course, as Ms Smith states that since a…
Here before us are the relics of St Therese of the Child Jesus, universal patroness of missions. It is good that this happen while we are reflecting on the passion for evangelisation, on apostolic zeal. Today, then, let us allow the witness of St Therese to help us. She was born 150 years ago, and…
Pope Francis making normal progress in recovery from abdominal surgery Pope Francis is “steadily improving” two days after he underwent abdominal surgery to correct an incisional hernia, a Vatican spokesman said Friday. According to Matteo Bruni, the Pope rested during the night and on the morning of June 9 was able to eat breakfast and…
Two days after a naked man stood on the high altar of St Peter’s Basilica in a shocking security breach, the basilica’s archpriest on Saturday held a penitential rite as required by canon law in cases where sacred places are desecrated. Vatican News reported that the unidentified man was a Polish national who approached the…
The Vatican is looking into the transfer of $17 million (€15.8 million) from the US arm of a Church mission to an investment fund, according to the Associated Press. AP reported May 31 that Pope Francis has asked aides to “get to the bottom of how” the money was transferred. The transfers date mostly to…
The Archdiocese of Piura in northern Peru donated thousands of doses of medication May 30 to the government’s Regional Health Directorate (DIRESA) to combat the epidemic of dengue fever that has affected almost all regions of the country, especially Lambayeque and Piura. Dengue is a virus that is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes and can…