The Diocese of Baton Rouge has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Louisiana Supreme Court decision that a priest may be compelled to testify as to what he heard in the confessional in 2008 concerning an abuse case. The legal step is the latest in a case involving Fr Jeffrey Bayhi, pastor of…
Mags Gargan
Three Italian missionaries killed in Burundi
The sisters may have been victims of an armed robbery
Appalled at Galway bishopís attitude towards SVPís donation
Dear Editor, I am appalled and deeply saddened by your headline in last week’s paper (04/09/2014) “Bishop demands answers from SVP on gay donation”. I feel we have stepped back into the 1950s when we had the Magdalene laundries, and the shame and disgrace heaped on the heads of the girls and families who found…
Archbishop Sheen’s sainthood cause suspended indefinitely
The Sheen Cause will be relegated to the congregation’s historic archive
Cardinal backs St Patrick’s Day Parade following gay ban axing
The cardinal will be the grand marshal of the 254th St Patrick’s Day parade
Kerry parish celebrates 150 years
Kenmare parish is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Holy Cross church with a programme of events running to November. The celebrations began last Friday with the launch of the book Holy Cross Church Kenmare 150 (1864 – 2014), A Social and Local History by Canon Tom Looney. The festivities continue this month with a parish…
Catholics take part in ‘Praying in the sea’
Catholics in Dublin and Cork took part in ‘praying in the sea’ events in solidarity with people suffering from the impacts of climate change. Members of seven Dublin Christian churches took part in an inter-church prayer event organised by Eco-Congregation Ireland (ECI) on Killiney Beach, Co. Dublin, while Sisters of Mercy from Pairc a Tobair were…
Belfast hosts a Bible Convention
Archbishop Eamon Martin conducted a short service commissioning Fr Antony Perumayan as the National Coordinator of the Syro-Malabar Faithful in Ireland, during the annual Abhishekagni Bible Convention at the Dominican College in Belfast from August 20-24. The event included a five-day spiritual retreat conducted by Fr Xavier Khan Vattayil and is organised by the Syro-Malabar…
New retirement house for missionary sisters
“Irish missionaries have made a tremendous contribution to the image of Ireland around the world,” said former Taoiseach John Bruton, performing the opening ceremony of Shanahan House, the new retirement home for the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary. The building in Artane, Dublin was erected to meet an urgent accommodation need and is where the sisters come…
Dublin sends 2,000 pilgrims to Lourdes
Nurses Tara Curran, Ann Breen, Alice Griffin, Erica Keogan and Helen Dunnebarron preparing to leave Dublin airport on Sunday morning on a diocesan pilgrimage which saw seven specially chartered flights carrying 2,000 pilgrims to Lourdes. Photo: John McElroy