Bishop William Crean has announced the Diocese of Cloyne is holding a Lenten series of prayer in central locations across the diocese. Each evening will last for one hour with time afterwards for refreshments and chat. Talks start at 8pm in Holy Family Hall, Youghal on Mondays, February 23, March 2 and March 9; in…

It was with much sorrow that the National Eucharistic Adoration Committee said goodbye to one of their apostles, Mike Kumar, who died peacefully in December as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy was completed at his bedside. Mike was a Hindu from India and converted to Catholicism 12 years ago. He was passionate about the promotion…

Archbishop Eamon Martin said renewal of faith in Ireland will be “nourished” by religious congregations

A cleric at the forefront of social justice campaigning has accused the Government of further excluding people who are already clinging to the margins of society in a new review of State policy. A review of Government policies released by Social Justice Ireland this week, which analyses how Ireland is performing on reaching its national…

A photograph from the installation of Bishop Donal McKeown as the new Bishop of Derry last year, won a prestigious award at the annual Press Photographers Association of Ireland’s competition. The photograph by Margaret McLaughlin of The Irish News, titled ‘The Holy Gust’, captures the moment when a gust of wind caught the robes of…

Church leaders have started to distribute a pastoral letter on marriage to parishes in the North, after doubts were raised about the Church’s commitment to promoting marriage when it was revealed that only a small quantity of the leaflets had been printed. Earlier this month, The Irish Catholic established that only 170,000 copies of The…

Dioceses across the island of Ireland have begun to ask parishes to provide feedback on the Lineamenta discussion document from last year’s extraordinary synod on the family, in order to collate a report from the Irish Church in advance of the second session of the bishops’ synod in October. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, who…

Elderly members of the Salesian community had to be evacuated in their pyjamas in the early hours last week, when the chapel at the community’s residence in the Dublin suburb of Crumlin was engulfed in flames. The Salesian Provincial Secretary, Fr Pat Egan said the fire alarm went off at around 5.45am on Thursday and…

An inter-denominational festival aimed at promoting cross-community friendship and global generosity has been launched by Belfast’s Lord Mayor. Now in its third year, the 4 Corners Festival, which runs from January 29 to February 8, grew out of conversations between Fr Martin Magill, parish priest at Sacred Heart parish and Rev. Steve Stockman of Fitzroy Presbyterian…