For Pope Benedict, divine worship must always be ordered to the glory of God, Chai Brady hears in Rome The Primate of All Ireland and the Archbishop of Armagh has said Pope Benedict XVI did a lot to try and bridge the divide between the liturgy before and after Vatican II. This led him to…
200 students receive JPII awards in Kildare and Leighlin More than 200 students received their John Paul II awards in a celebration at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow. Of the 209 recipients, 46 received papal crosses, 115 gold medals, 34 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty said…
Australian Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and archbishop of Sydney and of Melbourne, died on January 10 in Rome. He was 81. Sources told OSV News that Cardinal Pell went in for hip replacement surgery January 10 and died of cardiac arrest following complications of the surgery. Beginning at…
Carol Glatz/OSV Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his entire life, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered January 5 for his predecessor’s funeral Mass. “Like the women at the tomb, we too have come with the fragrance of gratitude and the balm of hope, in order to show him…
‘Prophetic’ Pope remembered as a friend to Ireland The late Pope Benedict was “prophetic” and always showed a keen interest in Ireland, an Irish-born diplomat who worked closely with the Pontiff has told The Irish Catholic. As Benedict is laid to rest today (Thursday) in the grotto underneath St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican following…
Pope Benedict XVI’s interest in the North’s peace process and reconciliation was “greatly appreciated”, a former British ambassador to the Holy See has said. During his eight-year reign, the deceased pope encouraged Irish and UK political leaders in “their tireless efforts towards peace”, Prof. Francis Campbell told The Irish Catholic. “He often cited the example…
A total of 18 missionaries lost their lives violently around the world in 2022. The data, gathered by Fides Agency and released in its annual report, found twelve priests, one brother, three women religious, one seminarian, and one lay person were killed. Nine missionaries were killed in Africa, eight missionaries in the Americas, and one in…
The Bible continues to provide naming inspiration in modern Ireland, with four of the top five most popular male names given December 2021 coming from biblical figures. ‘Jack’, the exception, remained at the top of the 12-month list for the second year running, with ‘Noah’ coming in close behind at second place. Michael, James and…
One of the oldest Irish nuns worldwide, 102-year-old Irish Sr Anthony Eileen Reidy OSF, died on January 1 in Assisi House, Philadelphia. Born in Cork, where she was a member of St Columbkille Parish, Ballyagram, Sr Reidy had been a professed member of the Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia for 77 years. She entered…
Archbishop Eamon Martin was one of a number of Irish bishops, along with Irish political leaders, who reflected on the legacy of the late pope following the news of his death on Saturday, December 31. Archbishop Martin said he was “saddened”, remembering the pope-emeritus’ “gentle soul in prayer, asking God, in his great mercy, to…
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