Over 30 young people from across Clogher Diocese gathered at St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre, Monaghan, for the recent ‘Carlo Camp 2026’, a three-day summer camp rooted in faith and organised by Clogher don Óige, the youth and young adult ministry group in the diocese. The camp is inspired by St Carlo Acutis’ life and witness.…
The Occupied Territories Bill, which passed in the Seanad last week, “in its current form does not go far enough,” said Trócaire. Trócaire is a member of the Occupied Territories Bill coalition and has worked alongside civil society partners for many years to push for the Bill since it was put forward by Senator Frances Black…
“I would appeal to lay people not to be clerically minded,” Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has said, urging Catholics not to believe they must imitate the work of a priest in order to take part in the Church’s mission. “Do not think that you have to mimic what the priest does in order to be effective…
A small Catholic community in southern Pakistan is celebrating the legacy of late Belfast priest Fr Brendan McMullan, who passed away in 2024. A significant amount of money from Fr McMullan’s estate was donated to the construction of the first permanent church in the community of Golarchi, Badin. The church was opened and blessed on…
There are many people, and it is raining hard; we cannot stand in the open”, so states Ezra 10:13 in the Old Testament. Similarly, in 1971, Msgr James Horan, looking out from the sacristy in Knock Shrine, Co. Mayo, at the thousands of pilgrims in the pouring rain, “came to the conclusion that we would have…
Marking its 40th anniversary, the Irish Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem celebrated the Investiture Ceremony of three new members at St Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, on July 18. The annual vigil Mass took place on July 17 and was celebrated by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Grand Master of the Order.…
Priests, friends and families gathered in All Hallows this July to celebrate their jubilees of ordination. From California to Australia, they came to remember and to celebrate. All Hallows sent priests all over the world, inspired by its founder, Fr John Hand.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Michael Router as the new Bishop of Derry following the retirement of Bishop Donal McKeown. The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Leo had accepted Bishop McKeown’s resignation and transferred Bishop Router from his role as Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh. Bishop McKeown will remain as Apostolic Administrator of the…
Young people are “desperately looking for people who are authentic and religious,” said Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan during the Annual Solemn Novena at Whitefriar Street Church, urging Catholics to become “authentic disciples” by living out their faith in everyday life. Speaking to The Irish Catholic afterwards, the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore said many young people…
A Catholic priest has warned that Irish people are increasingly abandoning the practice of their faith not through open defiance, but through a “quiet indifference” that leaves them comfortable, untroubled, and unaware of what they are losing. Fr Robert Mc Namara, writing in a reflection for The Irish Catholic, said that after more than 30 years…
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