Bishop Cullinan encourages return to Mary and the Rosary Ireland’s bishops should formally consecrate the country to Our Lady as part of a renewal of the Catholic faith, leading Mariologist Dr Mark Miravalle has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Dr Miravalle said the Irish people have “Marian DNA” which has endured even as…
At the ‘Living Magnifica Humanitas’ conference in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Archbishop Eamon Martin asked the conference participants in his opening address to keep in mind the question, “Who has the power to call the current conversation about AI, and whose voice is missing from the room?” Archbishop Martin referenced Magnifica Humanitas’ emphasis on interdisciplinary…
Young people actively participating in the Church “have that zeal in them,” said young Belfast legionary Nathan Magill to The Irish Catholic. Speaking at the Legion of Mary headquarters in Dublin upon the arrival of St Thérèse’s relics to Morning Star Avenue last weekend, Mr Magill and fellow legionary Sr Jasmine Cano, both in their…
A Catholic men’s group in the west of Ireland has seen its memberships double in a little over a year, as organisers say growing numbers of men are seeking faith, fraternity and formation. Fr Mark Quinn, curate in Tuam, told The Irish Catholic that the Men of St Joseph began in Tuam with around 40…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawlowski, Titular Archbishop of Sejny, as the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. He has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio in Greece. Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski was born on November 23, 1960, in Biskupiec (Archdiocese of Warmia), the eldest of four sons of Stanisław and Magdalena. In 1979, he…
Religious life in Ireland is “looking to the future with confidence” despite ageing congregations, with five new congregations joining AMRI and new missionaries coming to serve in the Irish Church, its Secretary General has said. More than 200 delegates from religious institutes, missionary organisations and societies of apostolic life attended AMRI’s annual conference in Tullamore,…
This month, October 12 marks 20 years since the death of St Carlo Acutis. To mark the date, an anniversary celebration will take place in the Sanctuary of the Spoliation, Assisi, from October 9 to 12. Attending and bringing petitions from the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore is Fr Michael Toomey, PP and Administrator of…
Parishioners have rallied around a Belfast priest whose home was burgled while he was hearing confessions, with a fundraiser to support him surpassing its £2,000 target. The GoFundMe for Fr Nideesh Varghese of St Luke’s Parish, Twinbrook, had raised £2,286 by Tuesday, after his home was broken into on October 1. Among the items stolen…
St Eugene’s Church, Glenock, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, has reopened its doors after being closed for twenty months for renovations. The official opening took place on September 27 and received Bishop Donal McKeown, Archbishop Séamus Horgan, Bishop Michael Router, among other visiting priests. The iconic church started as a rectangular building with a thatched roof in…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has called on Catholics in Armagh to help “rebuild” the Church, setting out five missionary pathways for renewal. In his pastoral letter, ‘Go, Rebuild My Church’, the Archbishop said rebuilding could not simply mean creating new programmes or maintaining existing structures but must begin with a renewed encounter with Christ. He acknowledged…
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