The latest annual report from the Church’s child protection office shows a decrease in the number of new clerical child abuse allegations reported to it. There were 178 total allegations reported in the last nine months of 2025 with the vast majority of alleged incidents dating back to the period 1960 to 1990. The previous…
The New York state Legislature passed a bill that replaces the words “mother” and “father” in some state laws with gender-neutral language, a move that New York’s bishops say will further “muddy what is true and good.” The bill, passed by the state Assembly in March and by the state Senate on June 2, now…
Colombia’s highly polarised presidential election has become a source of concern for the nation’s Catholic Church, which has released a number of statements during the process in an effort to steer Catholics away from the paths of violence and irrationality. The upcoming runoff, scheduled for June 21, will pit right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella…
The Bishops’ Conferences of Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales published a joint statement for the 2026 ‘Day for Life’, which will take place on June 21. The statement is titled, The Wonder of the Child in the Womb – Reflecting on the humanity of the unborn. The message to the bishops was delivered by…
The Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary remembered the birthday of their founder Bishop Joseph Shanahan last weekend, gathering in Dublin and at his birthplace in Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary. Bishop Shanahan founded the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary in 1924, as Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Onitsha in southeast Nigeria, where he had been…
An estimated 13,000 visitors travelled to Knock Shrine last Saturday for the 41st All-Ireland Rosary Rally. This made it the largest gathering of Catholics in Ireland since Pope Francis’ visit in 2018. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Cork secondary school teacher and MC for the event Christine O’Hara explained why the rally drew the interest…
More than 5,000 people across the Diocese of Cork and Ross participated in the Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, celebrating 100 years of the long-standing diocesan tradition. Speaking ahead of the celebration to PJ Coogan on Cork’s 96fm Opinion Line podcast, Bishop Fintan Gavin, youth ministry coordinator Sheila Kelleher, and Canadian student Sophie Pettapiece, who is…
A Catholic priest from Nigeria has been sentenced in a Texas court to life in prison, as well as to two 20-year prison terms plus $30,000 in fines, for sexually abusing several women under his spiritual care — a felony crime in that state. Fr Anthony Odiong, a priest of the Diocese of Uyo, Nigeria,…
In late February, Pope Leo XIV thanked Fr Bruno Kant of the Diocese of Fulda in Germany for his “many years of faithful and devoted priestly service.” Kant, the oldest priest in the world at 110 years of age, passed away on the night of Friday, May 29. He had been a priest since 1950.…
Pope Leo XIV delivered a comprehensive pro-life message on Monday in an address to members of the Spanish parliament, urging lawmakers to defend the unborn and the migrant and to opt for peace over war through dialogue free of inflammatory rhetoric. Speaking at the Congress of Deputies – Spain’s lower legislative house – on June…