PWC asked to retain a role in Vatican audit After suspending an external audit led by a leading international firm, the Vatican has signed a new contract asking only that it provide assistance and consulting services. The suspension in April of the external audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) “was not due to considerations regarding the integrity or the quality of PwC’s work, nor is…
Adoration Sisters Anne Cahalan, Martina Purdy, Maire McAteer and Elaine Kelly with Fr Gerry McCloskey, Parish Priest of Dunsford & Ardglass (left) and Fr John Murray, Parish Priest of St Patricks Church, Downpatrick, Co. Down who runs the ‘An Evening of Mercy’ event at the church. Sr Martina, a former political correspondent with the BBC…
On June 19, Christian history is supposed to be made on the island of Crete when the leaders of all the world’s independent Orthodox Churches are to begin meeting in a ‘Holy and Great Council’ for the first time in a millennium. “Supposed to” being the key phrase, in light of the latest hints of…
Children and their teachers from throughout the Derry diocese were bathed in sunshine last week when they gathered in Celtic Park for the annual ‘Fan the Flame’ ceremony, in celebration of having received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Bishop Donal McKeown is pictured with some of the Year 7 primary pupils preparing to release balloons as…
Faith leaders work to unite a divided nation, writes Paul Keenan
A religious sister close to the mother of missing Dublin schoolboy Philip Cairns has described Philip’s mother as “a great woman of faith”. Sr Marie Dunne CHF, who four years ago wrote a song to help raise funds for the parents of missing children, told The Irish Catholic that “Alice is a woman of prayer…
Challenge of engaging young Catholics remains
Staff Reporter The head of the Irish Dominicans has defended the controversial decision to withdraw from five Irish locations, and acknowledged that further withdrawals may be necessary. Following a 2013 visit from the Dominican’s international head, Fr Bruno Cadoré OP, the Irish province decided in 2014 to withdraw friars from their historical centres in Limerick, Drogheda…
Archbishop asks for prayers for Orlando Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has asked for the Prayers of the Faithful at all Masses in the Dublin archdiocese on the coming weekend to remember those who have been affected by the shooting in a nightclub in Orlando on Sunday, which killed 50 people and left several more injured. He also cautioned against “unfoundedly” and…
Pope Francis’ most recent document on love in the family has become a non-fiction Irish bestseller. Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) is the 2016 exhortation which brings together the results of the two synods on the family convoked by the Pope in 2014 and 2015. Catholic publisher Veritas confirmed to The Irish Catholic that…
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