The Irish Government has raised the issue of the detention of an archbishop by Lebanese authorities while he was returning from Israel following a routine visit to his Episcopal See. Archbishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa and the Holy Land was detained last month while bringing $460,000 (€451,000) in aid from the Lebanese diaspora in Israel…
World renowned Irish-Sierra Leonean musician Loah has opened up about how Christ’s love helps her cope with pressures of publicity. The singer-songwriter was raised Catholic but fell away, telling The Sunday Independent that she realised she couldn’t go through life without a raft, and turned back to Christ. “It was a really physical, embodied, deep…
The mother of 2020 Late Late Toy Show star Saoírse Ruane who was diagnosed twice with life-threatening tumours, said she feels a strong connection to Padre Pio after praying to him before her daughter’s major surgery. Roseanna Ruane spoke of hearing Saoírse’s diagnosis of Osteosarcoma and subsequent treatments more than two years ago, and then…
Staff reporter The bishops of Ireland welcomed Tuesday the publication of the National Synthesis of the Synodal Process on www.synod.ie, while inviting “the whole people of God in this country to study its findings carefully and prayerfully”. The National Synthesis has been forwarded to Rome as part of the worldwide synodal process launched by Pope Francis…
Staff reporter The daily celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in Cork City is coming to an end in September, when the clerical changes for Cork and Ross come into effect. The TLM is currently celebrated daily in St Peter’s and Paul’s Church in the centre of the city, but the parish priest Fr…
Dominican chant workshop during National Heritage Week A workshop during National Heritage Week aims to enlighten minds regarding medieval Dominican chant. Participants will learn how to sing a selection of chants that would have been sung in Sligo Abbey in the middle ages. At the end of the workshop, there will be the opportunity to…
A reception was held at Bishop’s House, John’s Hill, in the diocese of Waterford and Lismore July 28 for the Ukrainian Community in Waterford City and County. It was organised by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, the Red Cross and Little Nellie’s Baby Bank. The crowd gathered in thanksgiving for their safe arrival in Ireland and in…
Youth 2000 held their annual summer festival in person again for the first time in three years. Hundreds of young people attended the celebration of faith in Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, which centred on Jesus in the Eucharist. “It was such a blessing to see so many young people and so much faith,” said…
Synod not about giving space for loud voices – Bishop McKeown The synodal process is not about giving space for loud voices, it’s for people attuned to the Spirit, Bishop Donal McKeown has said. Speaking in his homily August 7, the bishop of Derry said we “commit ourselves to journeying in hope”, trusting that we…
Catholics want greater transparency, participation in decision-making and accountability within parish and diocesan structures, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh has said. Publishing the synodal synthesis document this afternoon (Thursday) – which was this week forwarded to the Holy See – the Primate of All-Ireland acknowledged that the report reflects the challenges of “a major decline…
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