Pope Leo XIV met privately with the heads of the Synod continental bodies on June 25, at the conclusion of three days of work dedicated to the implementation phase of the Synod. Held on June 23-25, the meeting brought together representatives from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, and North America, accompanied…
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Our Lady of Grace) parish in the small Italian town of Casalba has found itself in the media spotlight after a statue of St Padre Pio appeared to show a tear of blood trickling down its face. The discovery was made in April, when a parishioner noticed an unusual detail on…
The president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Bishop Mariano Crociata, expressed the commission’s view on the new “Return Regulation” approved June 17 by the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to unify and streamline procedures for the expulsion of individuals in an irregular situation (who are illegally present)…
Pope Leo XIV has recognised the heroic virtues of Mother Mary Teresa Tallon, the founder of a US religious order devoted to person-to-person ministry, and declared her venerable, advancing her cause for canonisation. Mary Teresa Tallon was born May 6, 1867, in Hanover, New York, to Irish immigrants. At age 19, she joined the Holy…
Pope Leo XIV presided on June 18 over the funeral rites for Cardinal Camillo Ruini, remembering him as a servant of the Church who “knew how to guide the people of God.” The funeral liturgy took place at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica, two days after Ruini died late Tuesday, June…
Vice President JD Vance, appearing on ABC’s ‘The View’ to promote his newly released memoir on faith, was put on the spot from the first question, peppered for nearly an hour on Jeffrey Epstein, the economy, immigration and other issues facing the Trump administration. The appearance was notable because it marked a rare foray for…
‘In a world that is often disturbing, damaging and dehumanising we cannot fail young people’ Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Irish theologian Fr Eamonn Conway said that “The present moment in history is disturbing, damaging and dehumanising in many respects—but for that very reason the need and opportunity for a genuinely Catholic education have…
Trócaire has condemned the killing of Fr Youhanna Al-Amin PP of St Vincent’s Kauda Parish of Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of El Obeid, who was killed on Friday, June 19. A staff member of a Trócaire partner organisation was also killed during the attack, and another staff member is “seriously injured and is currently receiving medical…
A prayer room has been created and dedicated to St Carlos Acutis at Nano Nagle Special School in Listowel, Co. Kerry. Principal Jacinta Budhlaeir, parent Michaela Enright and school staff have helped create the room over the last few months. The area was blessed by Fr Brendan Walsh, PP Moyvane, with Holy Cross Tralee’s first-class…
The Bishop of Achonry and of Elphin has said that the bishops are disturbed by the many attempts by politicians to expand abortion by abolishing the mandatory three-day waiting period. “We find it quite disturbing that there have been so many attempts in recent months to expand the scope of abortion as if the killing…