Irish parishioners need to get used to the fact that their priests will increasingly be coming from abroad, one of the country’s most senior bishops has said. Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly insisted that priests and religious coming to Ireland from overseas to minister to alleviate the vocations crisis should be welcomed with open arms and helped…
Singer Andrea Corr has written of how her religious faith and that of her mother-in-law helped get her through the pain of a series of miscarriages. “I walked and I prayed,” she writes in Barefoot Pilgrimage: A Memoir by Andrea Corr. “And my mother-in-law, Pat (a blessing in herself) prayed and lit a candle for…
A Latin Mass community has announced the “very good news” they’ve bought a former Presbyterian church in Belfast, thanks to financial support from an anonymous family. The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest are jubilant as they start a “new beginning” at Fortwilliam and Macrory church. The family, from the UK, gave them an…
Michael Kelly in Rome St John Henry Newman – who was canonised at the weekend – would have opposed Britain leaving the European Union, the man charged with promoting his sainthood cause has said. Speaking in Rome on the eve of the canonisation, Fr Ignatius Harrison insisted that Newman “would have been a Remainer”.…
Claire Fitzpatrick Well-known pro-life advocate Katie Ascough has described her experience of UCD as being underlined by an “anti-religious” sentiment following their belated decision to send a representative to the canonisation of the university’s founder St John Henry Newman in Rome on October 13. The university had attributed its secularity as reason not to send…
Irish rugby giant Bundee Aki was photographed praying with Samoan players after an incredible Irish win over the weekend. Despite Samoa’s 47-5 defeat, there didn’t seem to be hard feelings after the match as Aki embraced and prayed with the Samoan team. Aki, who has Samoan origins, received a red card for a dangerous high…
Pro-life political party Aontu have been calling people to push their representatives to restore Stormont before Westminster imposes legal abortion in the North of Ireland. The all-Ireland party organised several meetings this week to raise awareness of the October 21 deadline, after which abortion will be legal. Leader of the party and former Sinn Féin…
Three Irish nuns who stopped receiving pension payments from Portugal for six months after returning home were assisted by the Ombudsman who sorted the payment issue. The nuns had returned to Ireland after spending decades in Portugal providing education and care to disadvantaged people when the payments stopped. The religious congregation in Ireland explained to…
Bishop Francis Duffy has called for public submissions on the future of the Church in the Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnois. Following a meeting last month, Bishop Duffy has begun a consultation to learn people’s views on the future of the local Church. “For the listening process to be robust I am now inviting views…
Saints are people who recognised their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, according to Pope Francis. “The culmination of the journey of faith is to live a life of continual thanksgiving. Let us ask ourselves: Do we, as people…
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