Paul KeenanBishop Edward Daly has been hailed as a champion of human rights and a humble pastor who spent himself in the service of God’s people. Bishop Daly died this week. He was 82. Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin described Dr Daly as an “iconic figure” who “spent himself in the service of others”. Bishop Daly…
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Pope stresses forgiveness during private Assisi Pilgrimage Pope Francis made ‘forgiveness’ the theme of his private pilgrimage to Assisi on August 4. Having prayed in silence at the Porziuncola chapel where St Francis founded the Franciscan order in the 13th Century, his papal namesake delivered an address at the Basilica of St Mary in which he stressed that “too many people…
WIN EXCLUSIVE CINEMA TICKETS TO STRANGE OCCURRENCES IN A SMALL IRISH VILLAGE PREVIEW
Courtney McGrailWe’re giving readers of The Irish Catholic the chance to attend an exclusive special preview screening of new Irish film on Knock Shrine, Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village, at Light House Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin on the evening of August 22. In August 1879, 15 people in the small village of Knock, Co Mayo,…
Flame of Faith
Cardinal Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro holds the Olympic flame on August 5 as Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and former Brazilian volleyball player Isabel Barroso look on in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue. Photo: CNS
New guidelines to embrace term ‘fatal foetal abnormality’
Greg DalyThe controversial term ‘fatal foetal abnormality’ is expected to be used in new formal guidelines to help health service workers deal with grieving parents, it is understood. As The Irish Catholic went to press, sources indicated that new guidelines entitled ‘Standards for Bereavement Care following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death’ would include the term which…
Young adults urged to attend faith conference
Casey Schmauder Flyers are hung about the city proclaiming not Beyonce and Rihanna concerts, but “Mary Inflames the Embers…Are You Ready?” This is the title of the 16th Catholic Young Adults’ Conference which will take place August 20-21 in Dublin’s All Hallows College for ages 18 to 40. The event typically draws more than 200 people.…
Medal is great – but Christ is greater: US Olympian
Staff reporter US Olympic diver Steele Johnson scooped a silver medal at the Games this week. It was the first Olympic outing for the 20-year-old athlete. But, while he expressed obvious delight at winning a medal for his country, Mr Johnson was in no doubt that Olympic glory fades in comparison with his faith. He told…
Triple celebration in Dundalk
A jubilee Mass in St Malachy’s Dominican Church, Dundalk, celebrated by Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh to mark 800 years of the Dominican order, proved a triple celebration. Not merely did the Mass acknowledge the role of the Dominicans, who established themselves in Dundalk in 1777 from their 14th-Century base in Carlingford, in the area,…
Women deacons advocate tipped for Vatican commission
A well-known academic who believes the Church should ordain women deacons has been appointed to a Vatican commission to consider the issue. Prof. Phyllis Zagano, who teaches at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, has long written for the US-based National Catholic Reporter. She has occasionally contributed to The Irish Catholic, in April writing of…
Thousands of Christians trapped in final, bloody battle for Aleppo
Thousands of Christians are reportedly trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo as the battle by government troops to recapture it enters its final stages. Having endured the heaviest shelling of the conflict in recent weeks ahead of an advance by forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad on rebel lines, Christians and other…