In response to the September 9 airstrike by the Israeli air force against the Hamas leadership in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchal Diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan, Bishop Iyad Twal, advocated for a two-state solution to achieve peace in the Middle East. Bishop Twal’s proposal aligns…
Over the weekend, Lusk Athletic Club held the St MacCullin’s Parish Centenary Road Races gathering to help celebrate the parish’s 100 year anniversary. St MacCullin’s Church has served the parish of Lusk, Co. Dublin since 1925 and is now led by Fr Kevin Moore PP. Parents and families were invited to join and watch their…
On September 13, the Kilmore Diocesian Centre will host a Facilitation Skills Day designed to teach parishioners the skills needed to lead small group discussions. Anyone active in parish life or wishing to be more active can attend. Jim Deeds, a pastoral worker and leadership skills trainer, will be leading parishioners through the training day,…
To mark the canonisation of St Carlo Acutis, the first Millenium saint, and the lay Dominican St Pier Giorgio Frassati, parishioners around Ireland gathered for Mass, celebrations and processions on September 7. Additionally, Irish parishioners were among thousands who made the journey to Rome to watch Pope Leo canonise the young men in St Peter’s…
The annual Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes departed on Thursday, September 4 from Dublin Airport with 109 sick pilgrims from parishes all across the Archdiocese. Archbishop Dermot Farrell led the five-day pilgrimage, accompanied by Bishop Donal Roche on his first time to Lourdes as an auxiliary bishop with the Dublin pilgrimage. The pilgrimage group included…
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich from Luxembourg sees a future for Catholicism in Europe despite profound changes. He told the weekly newspaper Die Furche that “many parishes will collapse” in the next ten years and the “system will come to an end”. However, the Church should not be fixated on the past: “We must accept that we…
While the fate of the people in Ukraine and Gaza concerns many, the civil war in Sudan concerns only a few. After a trip to Egypt in which he spoke to Sudanese refugees, Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg hopes to remind politicians of the conflict in Northeast Africa. According to Archbishop Heße, refugees from the…
Pope Leo XIV discussed the conflict in Gaza, including a two-state solution, with Israel President Isaac Herzog in a private audience at the Vatican on September 4. According to a Vatican statement after the meeting, the talks focused on the political and social situation in the Middle East and the need to guarantee “a future…
Bro. Francesco Ielpo, the Franciscan Custos in Jerusalem, is dismayed by the latest news of forced evictions in Gaza by Israel. In an appeal on September 3, Bro. Ielpo addressed “the conscience of those who can stop this senseless spiral of violence, so that they finally take effective measures to end this war and the…
An HBO series on Marcial Maciel this month has once again placed the spotlight on the founder of the Legionaries of Christ and the complaints of sexual abuse against him. The congregation in Rome confirmed to ACI Prensa that it had known about the production for years and agreed to be interviewed to address their…