Charles III must manage a ‘balancing act’ to keep up warm relationship with other faiths, Ruadhán Jones hears When Charles III enters Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, he will do so behind a cross that has relics from the true cross embedded in it, a gift from the Pope. Sending the relic was a…
Thousands took to the streets in Dublin to protest against the “extreme” recommendations in the review of Ireland’s abortion law on Monday, May 1. The marchers walked from St Stephen’s Green to Leinster House, where speakers including Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD, Dr Kirsten Fuller and Wendy Grace, criticised the review, which was released last…
The pain of the North’s past must be processed through the lens of truth and not in manner politically expedient for the strong, Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown has said. To build a future for people, the North needs an “honest story about the past with its highs and lows”, said Bishop McKeown at a…
Personal encounter is needed to win people to Christ, as the “virtualisation of evangelisation” risks weakened outreach, the Vatican’s head of evangelisation told a Maynooth gathering. To evangelise, the Church must offer spaces for “interpersonal encounter”, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said at the launch of the Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood on Tuesday, April…
After Anglican clergy celebrated the Eucharist in Rome’s Basilica of St John Lateran, an Irish ecumenist said it was “not ideal, but not a disaster”. His comments come after Anglican Bishop Jonathan Baker of Fulham, a suffragan bishop with responsibility for Anglo-Catholic parishes in the dioceses of London and Southwark that have requested not to…
The Capuchin Day Centre appointed a CEO for the first time in its history on April 21, after Bro. Kevin Crowley retired last year. The new CEO, Mr Brian Friel, has extensive experience in the homelessness sector, having worked on the senior management team of the Peter McVerry Trust and also volunteered at the day…
Given the content of most horror films, it’s not always a genre easily squared with the Catholic tradition. However, there is one horror film on the Vatican’s list of 45 significant films – Nosferatu (1922). The film is director FW Murnau’s unauthorised adaptation of Dracula and an important trend-setter in the realm of horror cinema.…
Bishop Brendan Leahy has met with Vatican officials to discuss Mary Immaculate College’s (MIC) “closer structural alignment” with University of Limerick. Bishop Leahy, chairperson of MIC’s trustees, met with Archbishop Angelo Zani, outgoing Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education, and Msgr Victor Boyle in Rome to update them on developments at MIC last year, minutes…
Hundreds gathered in Long Tower Parish, Derry, for a week of talks and prayer in honour of Sr Clare Crockett, the Derry nun killed in Ecuador seven years ago. Guest speakers including Andrea Corr, Fr John Joe Duffy of Creeslough, Co. Donegal and Sr Elena of the Servants of the Home of the Mother, Sr…
Queen’s University Belfast’s chaplaincies hosted an ecumenical prayer breakfast to open last week’s conference to mark 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The Catholic, Church of Ireland, Methodist and Presbyterian chaplaincies gathered with students, staff, members of university senate, Church leaders and Ministers of State to pray for continued peace. In…