The game-winning kick in Sunday’s Super Bowl was made by devout Catholic Harrison Butker, who used the opportunity to praise God. Many on social media noticed that during the game he was wearing a brown scapular around his neck. The score stood at an even 35-35 with just seconds remaining in the game, when Mr…
An Irish missionary in Aleppo, Syria, has said the region is facing the “next level of hell” after the recent earthquake destroyed houses and left thousands dead. Syria was already in a “hellish” way before the 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Northwest of the country and south Türkiye on February 6, Irish Jesuit Fr Tony…
Pilgrims on The Irish Catholic’s Christian solidarity pilgrimage to the Holy Land gathered early in Dublin Airport before taking to the air. Men and women from across the island of Ireland are undertaking the spiritual journey through Christ’s home on earth. Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown is the spiritual director of the pilgrimage, which is…
The 16th annual Pope John Paul II Award ceremony was held in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry on February 6. The guest speaker, Melany Francisco-Lawless alongside Bishop Donal McKeown, patron of the award, presented the award to 328 young people from all over the Diocese of Derry and beyond. This year three people received the Papal…
Tuam celebrates inaugural young adult night The Archdiocese of Tuam held its inaugural young adults night, February 4, gathering young people from around the diocese for Mass and a social. Archbishop of Tuam Francis Duffy celebrated the opening Mass at 6pm in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuam, Co. Galway. He praised the “moving” event,…
Chai Brady and Jason Osborne Priests based in Dublin’s inner city have decried the daily violence, church vandalism and prevalent drug dealing they witness in their communities. For Fr Kieran McDermott, the administrator of St Mary’s Pro Cathedral in the north inner city, security and safety in the area has continued to descend over the last five…
Pope Francis’s ecumenical visit to South Sudan was a “morale booster” that united the country in happiness, according to Irish missionaries. Hundreds of thousands gathered in Juba, the capital, to greet the Pontiff. He was joined by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Rev. Ian Greenshields, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland for…
Brandon Scott in Prague The Church needs the courage to review doctrines and pastoral strategies without losing communion, the Irish delegation to the European assembly of the global Synod has claimed. Delegates from the continent are meeting in Prague, Czechia from February 5-12. The Irish delegation is led by Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin.…
Although Ireland is seeing a shortage of priests and religious, it is “ripe” for vocations according to an order who have opened a new lay missionary house. Two young women have already entered the house of mission opened by the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal (CFR) in Drogheda in January. Anywhere the order sets down…
Plans to establish semi-permanent hubs for Ukrainian Catholics in Ireland are ongoing, a Ukrainian Catholic bishop has said. Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski told The Irish Catholic that he is working with the Irish bishops to identify areas to establish pastoral and sacramental care. Liturgical services So far, “we have been having perhaps not regular liturgical services,…
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