Facing a potential closure as the result of Development Proposal 754, St Columba’s Primary School in Newbuildings, Co. Derry is receiving an influx of community support from its Protestant neighbours, educators and families. The small Catholic-maintained primary school lies in the predominantly Protestant village of Newbuildings, and has an established Shared Education partnership with the…
The Parish of Duneane in Co. Antrim will mount and bless a primitive Holy Water font on Sunday, November 8, discovered on a Lough Neagh monastic site a few years ago. Speaking to this newspaper about the restoration process, historian Patrick McAteer said the font was discovered on the Middle Island in Lough Neagh, which…
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) in Cork are expecting packed pews for their annual Light Up a Memory Mass on November 7 at the Sacred Heart Church in Cork. Speaking to The Irish Catholic about the Mass, MSC Communications Executive Karen Moloney said the annual event is about “passing the flame of remembrance…
There has been no response from Glasnevin Cemetery or Dublin City Council in regards to a formal application submitted by The Roger Casement Commemoration and Re-interment Association (RCC&RA) to grant an exhumation license, honouring Casement’s wish to be buried in Co. Antrim. Before his execution on August 3, 1916, the 1916 Rising leader wrote in…
The Council of Heads of Churches in Jordan welcomed the Cabinet’s approval of a 2026 bill amending the Christian Denominations Councils Law and its referral to Parliament to complete the constitutional process. The proposed changes are expected to allow Christians to address a range of personal status matters under their churches’ laws, including marriage, divorce,…
The number of Catholic priests worldwide has risen again after five years of no growth, according to statistics published by the Vatican agency Fides ahead of the 100th World Mission Sunday, which was celebrated on Sunday, October 18. According to the Fides report, the total number of priests rose from 406,996 to 407,421, representing an…
A British woman who has been arrested multiple times for silently praying outside of an abortion clinic, and is now facing new charges, has said that people from the pro-life movement face harsher policing than other groups. Speaking to Crux Now, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, co-director of March for Life UK, said that she and other volunteers…
Catholic leaders in Nigeria‘s Diocese of Otukpo are appealing for prayers following the kidnapping of Fr John Inalegwu Otache, pastor of St Margaret Parish in Ajegbe–Awume. Fr Otache was abducted October 13 while returning home from the town of Otukpo in Benue State after reportedly encountering armed kidnappers on a local road. “It is with…
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been attacking Palestinians in multiple villages, including the Christian town of Taybeh. Israel has imposed new rules on the olive harvest this year, prohibiting Palestinians from working in what’s known as Area C, which is under Israeli security control and encompasses the majority of the territory’s agricultural…
Mercy Sister in Nairobi says hunger is the worst in 40 years Children are being born disabled in Nairobi’s Mukuru slum because their mothers are going hungry during pregnancy, an Irish Mercy Sister has warned, as cuts to international aid push the community into its worst crisis in four decades. Sr Mary Killeen, who…