Staff reporter Bishop Fintan Gavin said that everyone can help promote vocations to the priesthood, as the diocese of Cork and Ross launched a fresh appeal for people to consider becoming priests. Bishop Gavin launched a diocesan prayer card for vocations at St Joseph’s Church, Glanmire, Co. Cork on Saturday May 7. Speaking at the…
Current and former members of Accord Newbridge gathered to celebrate 50 years supporting marriages and relationships in the parish and wider area. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin and President of Accord Catholic marriage care Denis Nulty celebrated Mass to mark the event, May 6. Bishop Nulty congratulated the members “on their commitment, dedication and their…
There’s no evidence that introducing euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide reduces incidences of suicide UK bioethicist David Jones tells Jason Osborne A recent peer-reviewed study from the UK’s Anscombe Bioethics Centre has debunked claims that legalising euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS) leads to fewer non-assisted suicides. Prof. David Jones, Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, with this…
Pope Francis received in audience a group of students from the Catholic Chaplaincy at Queen’s University in Belfast, encouraging them to cultivate the culture of encounter in their academic community. Pope Francis encouraged the students to contribute “to building up Ireland’s noble traditions of hospitality, reconciliation, fidelity to the Gospel and steadfastness in the pursuit…
Staff reporter Members of the Irish Defence Forces stationed in Lebanon as part of a United Nations UNIFIL peacekeeping mission, led by their chaplain Fr Piotr Delimat CF, joined with members of the Polish Armed Forced and their chaplain Fr Włodzimierz Skoczen – also participating in the mission – in a Way of the Cross…
1916 leaders a grain that produced ‘great harvest’ – Bishop Nash The leaders of the 1916 rising were the grain that produced “a great harvest”, Bishop Ger Nash said at the state commemoration service in Arbour Hill, May 4. “Easter in Ireland is forever imbued with the memory of 1916,” Bishop Nash said in his…
The Church in Ireland will continue to shrink, the new Bishop of Galway has predicted, but with the help of young people engaging with the synodal process can be renewed afresh. Bishop Michael Duignan was speaking as he took on the leadership of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora in addition to remaining as Bishop of Clonfert.…
Law firm Arthur Cox has announced it will team up with Catholic charity L’Arche Belfast, which will see employees engaging in volunteering and fundraising initiatives. Brian Burns, L’Arche Belfast opportunities leader, said the charity is “so pleased” and looking forward to the partnership. “We are so pleased that Arthur Cox has chosen us as their…
There has been an increase in the number of women expressing an interest in becoming nuns and joining contemplative orders, according to the director of Vocations Ireland. Despite a downward trend in vocations to religious life in Ireland over the past few decades, Margaret Cartwright told The Irish Catholic recently in Ireland “there is an…
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin praised the Presentation Sisters for continuing the legacy of Nano Nagle, after Nano Nagle Place won the Council of Europe Museum prize 2022. Mr Martin paid tribute to the whole team behind the Nano Nagle Place facility in Cork, singling out the Presentation Sisters “who continue to fulfil Nano Nagle’s mission…
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