The highest ranking US bishop at the Vatican says the Synod of Bishops on the family should mark the end of a high-level debate over whether to make it easier for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion. The matter really has to be clarified at this point so that this doesnít continue,î said…
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Archdiocese sells three properties for €44.5million
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s finances took a major step toward good health with the announcement of agreements of sale for three archdiocesan properties collectively worth an estimated $56.2million (44.5million). Proceeds from the latest transactions along with the $53 million initial payment from long-term leasing of the 13 archdiocesan cemeteries completed last May and the sale…
Blessed couples are venerated at Synod
Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi became the first married couple to be beatified together
Donal Walsh’s parents proud his message used by Church
Donal Walsh’s message #LiveLife was used by the Church for Day for Life Sunday
Large crowd celebrates St Pio in Ferns
The town of Ferns came to a standstill for the annual St Pio Healing Mass, when over 1,500 people crammed in to St Aidan’s church to receive a blessing with one of St Pio’s relics. The Mass was concelebrated by Fr Terence Harrington OFM Cap., Fr Paddy Cushen PP and Fr Richard Redmond CC. In…
Donegal priest receives Presidential Award
Columban priest Fr PJ McGlinchey has been named as one of the recipients of a Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad. The award recognises the service given to this country or to Irish communities abroad by those who live outside Ireland. First arriving in 1954, Fr McGlinchey, a native of Donegal, has spent his…
Ireland hosts world congress of Catholic nurses
Participants from 22 countries attended the XIX World Congress of the International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico Social Assistants (CICIAMS) at All Hallows College Drumcondra, Dublin. Established since 1933, CICIAMS consists of associations of nurses and midwives and social care assistants worldwide. The theme of the Congress was ‘Supporting Family Life; the role and responsibility of nurses and…
NI Church leaders seek clarity on welfare reform
Church leaders have expressed concern about impact of the Welfare Reform Bill on the most vulnerable
Catholics in the North are divided on united Ireland
Survey says one in five Catholics would prefer to stay in the United Kingdom
Living with ADHD
Mags Gargan talks to the parent of a child with ADHD about how it affects family life