The Church of the Holy Family Ardfinnan will welcome a first class relic of St Carlo Acutis, who was canonised on September 7, to their shrine honouring the young saint. The installation Mass will take place at the Church of the Holy Family in Ardfinnan on Sunday, October 12 at 12pm, and will be celebrated…
Seán Farrell has been appointed as Trócaire’s new Chief Executive Officer after over 20 years with the international NGO. He described himself as “deeply honoured” to be stepping into the role and “deeply passionate” about Trócaire’s mission. “It is a privilege and a responsibility to have been tasked with taking on this role. I look…
The growing perception around youth and faith is that young people are slipping away from religion, or simply not engaging with it all. Meanwhile, university Catholic societies such as Newman Society (University College Dublin) and Laurentian Society (Trinity College) are holding steadfast in their faith, creating communities where young Catholics can socialise, voice questions and…
Pope Leo XIV waded into a leadership controversy in the US on September 30, mere hours before the dispute became largely academic. Speaking with journalists as he was departing the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo took a question from an EWTN reporter regarding a decision by Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago to…
Pia Matthews, senior lecturer in health care ethics at St Mary’s University, London, told CNA on October 1 that if assisted dying is legalised in the UK this November, “there is real risk that funding to a hospice will depend on whether the hospice engages in the practice of facilitating assisted deaths, and this will…
Priests across the country are taking the late Pope Francis’ call to “be shepherds with the smell of sheep” literally as blessing of pets take place on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 in celebration of the feast day of St Francis of Assisi. At Knock Shrine, the annual blessing of pets is scheduled…
Fr Richard Gibbons, rector of Ireland’s Knock Shrine, was invited to attend the unveiling of a mural depicting the Knock apparition at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on September 21. The mural, which has been in works for around 15 years, originated from an idea of American prelate, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and was…
On September 23 the Triduum in honour of St Pio culminated at St Mary of the Angels Church in Dublin 7, with 400 people attending to celebrate Mass and express their devotion to the saint on his feast day. As the church is the centre for the Brazilian Catholic community, their liturgy team served the…
Ten years after the refugee summer of 2015, Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg emphasised the successes of integration policy. “Let us not forget what we have achieved in the last ten years,” said Archbishop Heße on September 24 at the autumn plenary assembly of the German Bishops’ Conference. “For many people in our country, refugees…
“Everyone here is pleading for mercy: to take pity, for mercy, for compassion, for them to stop this war, for them to stop shooting… for them to stop killing people, for them to stop bombing,” the only parish priest in Gaza, Fr Gabriel Romanelli, said in a video he posted on September 23. “There are…