One of the world’s best-known actors Brad Pitt [pictured] has said he’s left Atheism behind and “clings to religion”. In a wide-ranging interview published in a US magazine, Mr Pitt (55) spoke of his Christian upbringing and the importance of religion in his life. “I grew up with Christianity. Always questioned it, but it worked…
Two Irish clerics have been asked to take part in the Vatican’s upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. A Kiltegan Father originally from Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Bishop Derek Byrne of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga in Brazil will join Fr Peter Hughes, a Galway-born and Columban Father who works for CELAM, the Latin American episcopal conference,…
Irishman and former Archbishop of Pretoria in South Africa William Slattery has said the Irish Church should be more “forceful, more self-confident” in spreading the Good News, as it’s shifted away from “being close to people”. Returning home last month, Archbishop William (Liam) Slattery OFM said the Church is hugely important for community and has…
Owners of a lucrative Cork City site of a former Good Shepherd Sisters convent have taken the property off the market. Devotees of Little Nellie of Holy God, known by many as the unofficial patron saint of Cork who is buried at the sight, have continuously voiced concerns about being able to access the grave.…
Every parish in Ireland is to receive a resource pack for the World Day of Migrants, Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns has said, encouraging parishioners to reach out to migrants and refugees. “Our first thoughts and prayers are with our migrant brothers and sisters who live here among us in Ireland, in our dioceses, our…
The parish priest of Oughterard in Galway has called for calm among a Galway community protesting the potential opening of a direct provision centre in their town. Local protests began last week after concerns that a hotel just outside the town was being converted into a direct provision centre. Fr Michael Connolly PP told The…
Free primary school education has largely become a myth in modern Ireland, the head of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Seamus Mulconry said that “in primary schools, free education is substantially a myth”. He said his social media observation that the State was, in practice, ignoring its…
Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy has slammed people who think of themselves as “faithful Christians” while espousing sinful racism views. He warned that “racism and intolerance should have no place in Irish society”. In his homily at Our Lady Help of Christians church in Milford, Limerick to celebrate the centenary of Salesians in Ireland, Bishop Leahy said…
A prominent Northern priest has spoken of being moved by “an incredible response” after he revealed that the holy oil container he had used since his ordination was stolen over the weekend. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Passionist Fr Gary Donegan, who became a household name when helping shield schoolchildren from loyalist mobs during 2001’s…
An Irish Church that existed in the penal times has been re-opened in Waterford, with a new footpath to it blessed by Bishop Phonsie Cullinan. Mass was celebrated in St Patrick’s Church on Jenkin’s Lane throughout the 18th Century when Catholics suffered severe persecution. The earliest Mass recorded there happened in 1704. A large number…
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