Led and organised by Anto Crossey of Armagh, ‘Walk the Cross’ is an annual pilgrimage event that invites pilgrims to walk 33 kilometres – one for each year that Jesus lived. The event took place in Co. Down and across the UK on the weekend of September 13 and 14. While last year’s event saw…
The Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD has described as ‘extremely concerning’ fresh figures released to him which show that 68,625 children have been reported missing to Gardaí since 2015. The Meath West TD said: “There are very serious questions for the State to answer about the numbers of children going missing in Ireland, in particular…
In the West Nile region of Uganda, farmer Nelson Alimuke has helped build a brighter future for his family after enrolling in the Sustainable Agriculture Livelihood Programme at the Adraa Agriculture College, a project of the Franciscan Brothers missionaries. Using farming methods learned during the training, Nelson and his family have built a successful venture…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has said the 200th anniversary of Catholic Emancipation which will take place in 2029, is an opportunity to re-engage and educate a modern public with the Church’s key role in Irish history. ‘I think Catholic Emancipation provides a very useful backdrop for us to examine the role of the Catholic Church in…
Education is increasingly viewed only in terms of career outcomes, which undervalues the humanities according to Dr Fáinche Ryan, President of the European Society of Catholic Theology, and based in Trinity College Dublin. “Education has become very orientated towards jobs. So, in that we lose our vision of what education might be – and of…
The Irish bishops have issued a nationwide appeal to Catholics to return to Sunday Mass, describing the celebration of the Eucharist as “the source and summit of our faith”. In a pastoral message titled Why Sunday Matters, released as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope, the bishops emphasised the centrality of Sunday as the…
Holy Family Church in Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary, will soon become the home of a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis – set to be canonised as the Church’s first Millennial saint on September 7 by Pope Leo XIV. Fr Michael Toomey PP will travel to Assisi following the canonisation Mass in Rome to receive a…
A renowned theologian has urged Irish Catholics to confront Europe’s wars with deeper theological reflection and hope at a conference held in Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Among the keynote talks at the TCD theology conference last week was the address by Prof. Tomáš Halík of Charles University, Prague, a leading Catholic academic in Central Europe.…
Primary schools have been in the headlines for months, and not for happy reasons. Underfunding has reached historic levels, the cost-of-living crisis has deepened the strain, and families—especially those with children who have additional needs—are left fighting bitterly just to secure the most basic support. In some areas, oversubscribed schools leave parents devastated when their…
A renowned theologian has urged Irish Catholics to confront Europe’s wars with deeper theological reflection and hope at a conference held in Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Among the keynote talks at the TCD theology conference last week was the address by Prof. Tomáš Halík of Charles University, Prague, a leading Catholic academic in Central Europe.…