The Bishop of Meath has dismissed the issue of female priests as an “insult to women” that suggests there is “a lacking in women” because they are not priests. Bishop Michael Smith said he “wouldn’t put any bets on” women ever being ordained priests. “I’d say that will never happen, I don’t think so,” he…
Category: Irish News
Young people called to share their faith
Some 300 young people attending a conference on evangelisation at the weekend have been challenged by the Irish primate to share their gift of faith. Archbishop Eamon Martin said he longed for a New Pentecost in Ireland, “to transform and renew the Faith in this country” and asked the young people to “be open to…
Roses give thanks on Lough Derg pilgrimage
Five of the 2016 Rose of Tralee entrants – Niamh Moriarty, Westmeath Rose; Zoe McGettigan, Donegal Rose; Mairead McHugh, Fermanagh Rose; Eiméar Cassidy, Derry Rose and Megan Ferguson, Louth Rose – pictured with Prior Owen McEneaney after completing the Lough Derg three-day pilgrimage at the weekend.
Former footballer ordained for Dominicans
Former Northern Ireland footballer, Fr Philip Mulryne OP (centre, left) pictured with Dominican colleagues and some of his former Norwich City FC teammates at his ordination by Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia OP in St Saviour’s Church, Dominican St, Dublin on Saturday. Photo: Fr Pius Pietrzyk OP
Glencairn nun joins the ‘Grass Gals’
The farm manager at Glencairn Abbey in Co. Waterford has joined an all-female silage crew who will make a Guinness world record attempt in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. Sr Lily Scullion, from St Mary’s Cisterican Abbey will mow, rake, draw and pit 30 acres of silage with 40 other women at Mount Melleray on…
From China to Argentina, via Ireland
Fr Joseph Yang Shuai with his father and brother, Yang Zihau and Yang Shuai Yu – who travelled from China -– and Msgr John Byrne, PP Portlaoise, at his ordination to the priesthood in St Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaoise at the weekend, for service with the Divine Word Missionaries in Argentina.
Clerical vision of future won’t reform Church – archbishop
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has warned that true reform of the Church in Ireland will not come about by tinkering with structures, but only through a radical spiritual realignment. Speaking at the weekend, the archbishop also said that change can be hindered by the fact that many people who talk of reform “are still…
No change to the rules on gluten-free Communion hosts
Experts have dismissed inaccurate media reports that the Vatican has issued a new ban on gluten-free Communion hosts, reassuring coeliacs that they can continue to receive the Eucharist. Over the weekend numerous news organisations across the world announced that the Vatican had banned the use of gluten-free bread in hosts, following the publication of a…
New Reek Sunday measures focus on pilgrims’ safety
New procedures are being put in place for Reek Sunday this year so that people can continue to enjoy the annual pilgrimage while keeping safety as a priority. The traditional Reek Sunday pilgrimage up Croagh Patrick on July 30 is expected to attract tens of thousands of pilgrims once again this year, with many making…
Church needs to listen to more complex Irish families, cardinal says
The Church needs to show mercy in the context of new and more complex family narratives in modern Ireland, the cardinal tapped by Pope Francis to launch his major document on marriage and the family has said. Speaking ahead of his visit to Ireland this week to address Thursday’s ‘Let’s Talk Family: Let’s Be Family’…