A Christian charity has welcomed the first conviction of a person attempting to pay for sex since the law changed in Northern Ireland. An Armagh man was sentenced to serve a three-month custodial sentence and ordered to pay £500 compensation directly to the victim today (July 6). According to CARE in Northern Ireland (Christian Action…
Chai Brady and Matthew Carlson Church-goers are “upset and angry” after it was revealed a group of people are ordering tickets for the Pope’s Mass only to destroy them, according to a parish priest. The ‘Say Nope to The Pope’ group has attracted the interest of 5,000 people on Facebook, with many people posting that they are ordering…
The Bishop of Killaloe has called on water suppliers to make allowances for the farming community as a drought continues in Ireland and water restrictions are placed in hard hit areas. Also keep an “eye out” for elderly neighbours as temperatures look likely to stay around the mid-20s in Ireland, bishops and clergy have warned…
WMOF 2018 There was no shortage of excitement during the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore’s family fun day which was packed with entertainment for all. Kicking off on Sunday, June 24, there was music, face painting, a bouncy castle, obstacle course, kite making, treasure hunts, arts and crafts, tours of the abbey, prayer services…
WMOF 2018 The Government has issued travel recommendations to the public attending the Pope’s Mass on August 26, in order to make it as smooth a process as possible. A huge amount of organisation has gone into preparing to accommodate the half a million people expected to attend, with the World Meeting of Families…
WMOF 2018 On a beautiful June summer’s day, like all summer days in West Cork, people from all over the Diocese of Cloyne gathered at the shrine of St Gobnait for a Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Cloyne, Bishop William Crean, as part of the preparations in the diocese for the World Meeting…
WMOF 2018 A special Papal Travel Ticket is available for the Pope’s Mass on August 26 for travel within the Greater Dublin Area on all Dublin Bus, LUAS, DART and Commuter rail as far as Balbriggan, Maynooth, Sallins and Kilcoole. Tickets can be purchased at: https://pay.myeasypay.com/productlist There is an adult ticket which will cost…
WMOF 2018 Living Youth celebrated their Parish GIFT programme (Growing In Faith Together) with two celebration days. One was held in Antrim parish for parishes in the north of the diocese and one in Drumboe and Carryduff parish for parishes in the south of the diocese. More than 120 children aged 11-14 and their…
The Diocese of Kerry is “shocked” after an ice-cream van ploughed through the gates of a church and through its entrance in Tralee last night causing extensive damage. The vehicle is believed to have been travelling at speed as it crashed through the locked iron gates of St John’s Parish Church and through the front…
A parish priest who anointed injured mourners immediately after they were struck by a car driven by a visiting priest has called for prayer for those recovering. Several people were injured, some severely, in the incident which occurred at about 10.20am on Monday at Mary Immaculate Church in Clondalkin, Co. Dublin. People were gathered from…