Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his appeal for an end to the war in Ukraine, decrying recent Russian attacks that have killed noncombatants and damaged civilian infrastructure. “With a sorrowful heart,” the pontiff said Sunday, “I have followed the news of the latest violent attacks that have recently struck several cities and civilian infrastructures…
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) have won the local elections in Saxony-Anhalt while the local church has consistently warned against the burgeoning far-right party. Although the party fell short of an outright majority in the eastern state of Germany, with nearly 44% of the vote, the victory has sent shockwaves throughout Europe and is widely…
Twenty-five years after American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon at 9:37am on September 11, 2001, killing 184 people, the site of the attack serves as both a place of remembrance and reflection. The crash claimed the lives of 125 people inside the Pentagon as well as the aircraft’s 53 passengers and six crew members.…
At the start of the 2026/2027 academic year in Cameroon, the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt, warns against the forced boycott of schools in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. For the past ten years, the North West and South West regions have been reeling from a separatist crisis, with the boycott of schools a…
The European bishops’ conference is warning authorities of the dangers of allowing baptised individuals to erase the records of their baptisms from Church archives, with the bishops arguing that to do so would negatively affect Church freedom and internal governance. The Court of Justice of the European Union is currently hearing a case brought by…
A new case for the cause of canonisation of two Irish priests – who were shot dead in Belfast by the British Army – has been opened by the Diocese of Down and Connor. A spokesman for the Diocese has told The Irish Catholic that the process for “the cause of the saints” has been started for…
Draft working document sets out proposals ahead of National Synodal Assembly A draft working document setting out proposals for the renewal of the Catholic Church in Ireland, seen by The Irish Catholic, has been prepared ahead of the National Synodal Assembly, which takes place in Gormanston, Co. Meath, on October 17. The document, marked ‘draft’…
Catholics need to move from inherited or “cultural” faith towards a deeper personal commitment to Christ, foreign-born priests ministering in Ireland have told The Irish Catholic. Fr Anselm Emechebe MSP, a Nigerian priest who has served in Ireland since 2009, said the challenge is for Catholics to take greater personal responsibility for a faith often…
The Church should welcome everyone who comes through its doors and that is the true spirit of inclusivity, says internationally recognised psychotherapist Stella O’Malley. But, she says, having seen a draft set of proposals from the Irish Synod Working Group, the Church is “cheerleading practices that risk serious harm to vulnerable people. It should be…
Indecent graffiti and offensive writing have been sprayed onto the stonework of a church complex in Bundoran by a group of unidentified youths. The community has expressed outrage at the incident, and an investigation is ongoing. Church representatives believe the damage was caused by a group of youths who gather on the church grounds in the evenings. The…
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