It’s time for Europe to wake up to what is coming from Trump’s America writes Dr Massimo Faggioli There is a genuine spiritual quest trying to find its way in the secularised USA of today: the disappointments of post-modernism, of the falsely promised ‘end of history’, of a technocratic culture hiding new forms of idolatry…
It’s rare to meet someone like Eddie Keher. A bona fide sporting legend, he is at once a record-breaker and a gentleman of striking humility. His list of honours is staggering: six All-Ireland titles, ten Leinster championships, nine Railway Cups, and four All-Stars. He was named on both the Team of the Century and Team…
To be a good person, you don’t need to become a priest – you can do the right thing as a layperson,” Bro. Donatus Forkan OH Provincial, Hospitaller Order of St John of God, Western European Province told The Irish Catholic. Recently, the management for the Hospitaller Services Group (HSG), which was created in Ireland…
On September 23 the Triduum in honour of St Pio culminated at St Mary of the Angels Church in Dublin 7, with 400 people attending to celebrate Mass and express their devotion to the saint on his feast day. As the church is the centre for the Brazilian Catholic community, their liturgy team served the…
Facing what he called the “real crisis” of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance of “an authentic and deep sensitivity and compassion” for victims, voicing frustration over delays in victim’s cases, but also warned of the risk of false allegations which, he said, can destroy a priest’s life. “Victims…
The preparatory document for the Pre-Synodal Assembly, Baptised and Sent, was published on Thursday, September 18, a month before the October Assembly in Kilkenny. I will offer a brief summary of the document, some reflections that arise, and two suggestions concerning the next steps. The document is authored by the National Synodal Team as part…
Fewer and fewer cardinals and papal electors from Central and Eastern Europe The death of the Romanian Grand Archbishop Muresan throws a new spotlight on the fact that the era of John Paul II is fading as its defining figures disappear. Central and Eastern Europe are receding into the background. It was the message of…
Then Mark Lenaghan was jailed in the 1980s, he encountered a priest who would lead him back to Christ – and along an amazing path to ordination as a permanent deacon. In the coming weeks, a fresh batch of men will take this path, including five from the Dioceses of Armagh and Dromore. They will…
During a retirement Mass on Sunday, September 14 at St Aidan’s Parish Church in Ferns, Fr Patrick (Paddy) Cushen retired after 54 years of active priesthood. His 20 years as parish priest in Ferns was marked by committed pastoral care, the establishment of a pastoral centre and vocations society, and endless support from the community.…
On Saturday, September 27, 2025, thousands of Christians from across Ireland are expected to gather in Dublin for the March for Jesus, a public celebration of faith that organisers described as “a family day” and “an open act of proclaiming Christ.” The march will begin at 2pm at the Garden of Remembrance before moving down…
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