Newry council is “not listening” to parishioners’ worries and concerns over plans to build offices and a theatre behind the town’s cathedral. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s plans to build a multi-million pound office block and “civic hub” would reduce parking at Newry Cathedral “dramatically”, the church’s administrator Canon Francis Brown told The Irish…
Ireland has once again been overlooked by Pope Francis as no Irish prelate was tipped to become a cardinal. The Pope announced over the weekend that he will hold a consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals at the end of September, saying the choices express “the universality of the Church”. There are currently…
Blessed Michael McGivney was honoured in the US after seven parishes in New Haven, Connecticut, were merged July 1 into one parish, which was then named after him. The founder of the Knights of Columbus was born to Irish immigrant parents, Patrick and Mary McGivney, who settled in Connecticut in the US. Fr Ryan Lerner,…
A prayer book belonging to the priest who sheltered King Charles II has gone on display in the famous Moseley Old Hall in Wolverhampton. Fr John Huddleston’s personal missal is almost 400 years old, and was purchased by the conservation charity National Trust at auction. It’s believed that the missal, published in Paris in 1623,…
Sofia Zate After 28 years in media, former Highland Radio host Shaun Doherty has traded the microphone for the pulpit. Fr Doherty was ordained in St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry earlier this month after six years of formation. Fr Doherty served as the host of the popular Shaun Doherty Show on Highland Radio, broadcasting to…
The Church must encourage young people in the Faith if it is to have a future, Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin said on pastoral visit to Gurranabraher parish. Bishop Gavin presented two young members of the Cork parish community with their John Paul II awards during his visit. Adam Sorenson and Paul Sunday,…
Members of Queen’s University Belfast’s Catholic chaplaincy celebrated in style as they graduated on July 7. Chaplain Fr Dominic McGrattan and Director of Campus Ministry Shannon Campbell joined the students as they marked the completion of their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the Belfast college. “Your achievements are all the more impressive given the challenges…
Kerry diocese appointments announced Two priests are to retire from the priesthood in Kerry diocese, as clergy face an “extra workload”, the bishop of Kerry has announced. Bishop Ray Browne thanked Fr Denis O’Mahony and Fr Martin Sheehan for their “great service” over many years. However, the retirements mean two more parishes will be without…
EXCLUSIVE A former drug addict-turned-counsellor, who was chosen to share with Pope Francis the devastating effects of addiction on his life, has warned that Church leaders are wrong to back the decriminalisation of drugs. The bishops’ support for decriminalising a person found to possess illegal drugs for personal use has been criticised as “minimising drug…
Multiple attempts by this paper to get a response from SDLP MP Claire Hanna to the question of whether or not she accepts the right of St Mary’s University College to continue to be an autonomous Catholic university have gone unanswered after she appeared to support the “cancelling” of the institution. Despite multiple attempts to…
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