The number of asylum applications in the European Union fell significantly last year. In Germany, which remains the country with the most asylum applications, the number fell by a third to 163,000. The main reason for this was fewer applications from Syrians: after the fall of the Assad regime at the end of 2024, they…
The General Secretariat of the Synod has published the Final Report of Study Group No. 5, examining women’s participation in the life and leadership of the Church. “When speaking about the role of women in the life of the Church, we must be aware that it is first and foremost a matter of cultural order,”…
The US and Israel launched joint military strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, prompting the regime to retaliate with drone and missile attacks on Israel, American bases and assets, Gulf state airports and energy infrastructure, and other targets. As both sides continue to exchange firepower, Catholic theologians who spoke with EWTN News are cautioning…
The New Ross Carmelite Sisters invited youth to the Avila Carmelite Centre on Saturday, February 28 for a day of education on the Carmelite way of life. “We decided to invite men and women…26 came and they traveled from Kerry, Cork, Sligo, Longford and Belfast to be with us,” said Sr Gwen, speaking to The…
“Experimentation feels like trying to make the Church more palatable to a secular audience,” said Trinity student Story Pennock to The Irish Catholic, in response to recent remarks by Bishop of Raphoe Niall Coll about young Catholics’ search for solidity rather than adaptability in the face of increasing discussions around reform. Ms Pennock, a member…
By Frida Hennig and Pedro Esteva Young Catholics have responded to Bishop Niall Coll’s recent remarks about youth, who he referred to as “i-Gens”, seeking “clarity, coherence and tradition” rather than adaptability and experimentation, which can often seem fruitless. The Irish Catholic spoke to two “i-Gen” Catholics to get their perspectives on the Bishop of…
Two prominent Catholic cardinals have expressed their profound concern and sorrow over a recently announced decision by the Society of St Pius X — which rejects the authority of the Second Vatican Council — to ordain bishops this summer without papal approval. “The only solution possible in conscience before God is for the Society of…
It is not enough to love the young, they must know that they are loved,” St John Bosco once famously said. Christine O’Hara, a secondary school teacher at Coláiste Chríost Rí in Cork has applied the saint’s advice in her work as a Catholic educator, providing a safe and reflective space for her students in…
The Vatican on February 25 announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, confirming the pontiff will visit Monaco, Spain and four African nations — Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. The announcement sets the stage for one of the busiest papal travel schedules in…
Two Dublin city centre churches are opening their doors to the tens of thousands of people baptised there as part of a collaborative Lent initiative with the Archdiocese of Dublin. St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral and St Andrew’s, Westland Row are the sites of countless infant baptisms, and starting on March 7, anyone baptised at these two…