St Patrick’s College in Maynooth is offering a suite of new scholarships to people interested in undertaking further studies in theology in a bid to attract more “quality” students to the college. The college’s president, Msgr Hugh Connolly, told The Irish Catholic he was “excited” by the new bursaries “because they will bring in some…
The Saturdays star Una Healy has spoken about the importance of faith in her life, revealing that her husband converted to Catholicism ahead of their wedding in 2012. The Tipperary-born Voice of Ireland mentor, who is married to English rugby player Ben Foden, said her faith means a lot to her, and her two children,…
Members of the Derry Youth Community – Charlotte Gormley, Andy Watts, Emmanuel Bicego and Christopher Bird – with a model of Eugene’s Cathedral built from Lego, which was presented at the Chrism Mass celebrated at the cathedral by Bishop Donal McKeown. Photo: Stephen Latimer
Staff Reporter Pro-life campaigners in the North have welcomed the publication of new abortion guidelines which they say protect the life of both mother and baby. The guidelines, issued on the evening of Good Friday, follow years of debate on how to bring clarity to abortion practice in Northern Ireland, where unlike in Britain abortion is…
Peace is coming too slowly to South Sudan, writes Paul Keenan It is said that history repeats itself, and nowhere is this more true than in the conflict-riven state of South Sudan. A bold claim, perhaps, for a country barely five years old – July 9 will see Independence Day from greater Sudan celebrated across…
The Easter rebels realised the need for recognising spiritual realities as well as material ones, Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns has said. “The 1916 Proclamation is explicit in its recognition of the transcendent,” Dr Brennan said at an Easter Monday centenary commemoration Mass in Enniscorthy, noting how, “it begins ‘In the name of God’ and…
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA, known to millions globally as the foundress of the EWTN Global Catholic Network, died peacefully at 5pm on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, surrounded by the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. “This is a sorrow-filled day for…
While Rome has apparently shelved plans to dramatically alter the structure of Irish dioceses, the Church of Ireland is pushing ahead with a similar strategy. The proposed changes include the transfer of the Dioceses of Tuam and Killala, without Achonry, from the Province of Armagh to the Province of Dublin. Tuam and Killala, but not…
Innocent Europeans are paying the price for European actions in the Middle East, a Syrian archbishop has said. The attacks on Paris last November 13 and Brussels on March 22 “unfortunately” saw “innocent people reap what European powers have sown in Syria and Iraq in the last few years”, according to Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo,…
Two Irish seminarians at the Pontifical College in Rome have been ordained as deacons this week, after serving for Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica. Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry ordained Rev. Malachy Gallagher (32) from Coleraine, Co. Derry and Rev. Bill O’Shaughnessy (28) from Castledermot, Co. Kildare at the Basilica…
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