The 2022 Masters Tournament winner Scottie Scheffler spoke with reporters directly after his victory and revealed how God provides the motivation for him to flourish on the course. The 25-year-old Texan, who eclipsed Irish golfers Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy to claim victory, frequently references his faith on social media and used his win and…
Former Highland radio presenter Shaun Doherty, who presented for the popular Donegal station for more than thirty years, is set to become a priest after spending the last number of years training in Rome. Mr Doherty recently revealed that his life is constantly evolving but God’s presence has helped him use all his experience to…
Devotees of the traditional Latin Mass may have been feeling unloved of late after Pope Francis restricted the pre-Vatican II liturgy. However, apparent support came from a perhaps unlikely source at the weekend when Tánaiste Leo Varadkar attended the Mass in Dublin. The Fine Gael leader made a discreet entrance at St Kevin’s Church in…
Parishioners in south Dublin have paid tribute to a local man who was killed after he returned to his native Ukraine to try to protect his family from the brutal Russian invasion. Friends said Oleksandr Zavhorodniy – known to many as Alex – gave away everything that he owned before leaving Dublin. Mr Zavhorodniy, who…
St Patrick’s Pontifical University Maynooth has launched a new online course on faith in a collaborative project with Aspal.ie, a learning platform committed to digital faith formation in Ireland, which will deliver “cutting edge digital catechesis right into the hands of people all across Ireland”. Taking place over an 8-week period between February 14 and…
Donegal County Council has recently ratified a move to the design and tender stage of a plan to build a €30 million extension on the grounds of St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny. The letter sent last week to the school by the council confirmed the Council’s intention to proceed with the project while outlining the…
Father Stuart Long, who was a priest of the Diocese of Helena, Montana, is set to be the main character in a motion picture starring Mark Wahlberg as the priest himself, with Mel Gibson playing the priest’s father. The film is set to release April 15, 2022, Good Friday. Father Stu, as he was affectionately…
In situations of extreme poverty, war or civil tensions, 22 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2021, according to Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency. The 13 priests, one religious brother, two religious sisters and six laypeople gave witness to their faith “in impoverished, degraded social contexts, where violence is the rule of life, the…
Renowned sports broadcaster Marty Morrissey has recently spoken of how his belief in the afterlife has increased since the death of his mother, Peggy, in a car accident last December. Speaking to comedian Tommy Tiernan on his RTE Radio One show, ‘The Marty Morrissey Show’ on Monday, Mr Morrissey expressed how in spite of the…
Although the long-established impact of Covid-19 on faith and worship has been extensively documented, positive news has emerged as Radio Maria announced that it has seen texts, calls and general engagement triple when compared to figures compiled before the pandemic, with the station being used as a faith-based resource by those who were deprived of…