Administrator of City Quay’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Church criticizes loud construction work

Survey of people at Clonard novena shows social media most popular form of communication

Staff reporter Manchester United has turned to a man of faith to help revive the club’s flagging fortunes in hiring José Mourinho as its new manager. The former Chelsea boss, who is a Catholic, has previously spoken about his prayer life, revealing his firm faith in God.  The father-of-two, dubbed the ‘special one’ by adoring fans,…

Holy See/university thaw is welcomed The restoration of friendly relations between the Holy See and the Islamic University of al Azhar has been welcomed by the Coptic Catholic Patriarch. Expressing a hope that the friendly encounter between Pope Francis and Imam Ahmed al Tayyib “will give new vigour to the processes of collaboration and integration that Christian and Muslim…

The man who presided over a surge in vocations for the Dominican order here has warned that many potential candidates for the priesthood are being cast aside because they don’t fit a particular mould.  Fr Gerard Dunne OP, who was the Director of Vocations for the Irish Dominicans from 2000-2014, told The Irish Catholic that…

A Columbian bishop has offered the aid of his diocese in searching for a missing journalist. Salud Hernández-Mora, a journalist with El Tiempo newspaper, has not been heard of since May 21; military and police searches have found no trace of her.  “We are very familiar with the territories, places and paths, we know the…

An Irish priest who was part of the commission that advised Pope John Paul II on the possibility of women deacons in 2002 has welcomed Pope Francis’ call for further study on the issue. Fr Tom Norris, who previously served as a member of the International Theological Commission, said the issue of women deacons “needs…

Consultant’s volte-face in Vatican court hearing A former consultant to a pontifical commission who denied to a Vatican court that she leaked documents about Vatican financial reform admitted to sending the documents when originally interrogated, a Vatican policeman has said. Stefano DeSantis, an officer investigating the matter, testified on May 24 that Francesca Chaouqui, one of five people on trial…

Staff reporter Bishop William Crean of Cloyne ordained nine seminarians as deacons in the college chapel of the national seminary in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, at the weekend. Addressing the ordinands, Bishop Crean said “you will have the opportunity to proclaim the Gospel and break open the word of life for those in your care”.   “This…