A leading third level Catholic college has opened a new studio classroom exhibition featuring art work produced by children from local primary schools. The exhibition at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick features artwork from students of St Mary’s Primary School, Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School and Presentation Primary School. The focus of the studio classroom…

An ecumenical pilgrimage of Catholics, Anglicans, and other Christians by the border between North and South Korea has prayed for peace and reconciliation on the divided peninsula. The pilgrimage, organised by the Taizé Community, celebrated vespers at Paju’s Church of Repentance and Atonement near Panmunjeom, the village on the 38th parallel where the 1953 Korean…

Bishop Kevin Doran has announced that the Diocese of Elphin has begun to plan for an “exciting” new development for Catholic second level education. The bishop unveiled plans for a new amalgamated second level school in Athlone which will cater initially for 500 students with the hope of expanding to 800 over a five-year period.…

Pope Francis has called the cover-up of abuse by bishops a “terrible thing”, explaining that this was why he had earlier in Philadelphia said that “the crimes and sins of the sexual abuse of children must no longer be held in secret”, pledging “the promise of accountability for all”. The Pope was speaking during an…

However, a moral theologian has described the issue of as “a distraction”

The Irish Missionary Union (IMU) is to host a number of lectures on ‘modern mission’ this month. Celebrating 50 years since the publication of Ad Gentes (To the peoples) which set a new agenda for Catholic missionary activity for the rest of the century, the IMU will host seminars every Thursday throughout October. The talks…

Catechesis and evangelisation are vocations for all Christians, an Indian catechetics conference has been told. Opening the conference in Chennai, at which the National Catechetical Directory was presented, Simdega’s Bishop Vincent Barwa said: “A Christian has a big heart, ready to bring the message of salvation to every corner of the world. We ask God…

Hopes have been raised that Pope Francis will visit Ireland as part of the celebrations of the ‘World Meeting of Families’ in 2018. The Pontiff announced at the weekend that he had chosen Dublin to host the international gathering, which takes place every three years. Popes have, with only two exceptions, traditionally presided at the…

Catholics working in the field of medicine are set to discuss current medical ethical issues at an upcoming meeting. The Irish Catholic Doctors Association (ICDA) are inviting doctors, nurses, pharmacists, ethicists and students to their lecture on medical ethics on October 17. The lecture takes place at Jury’s Inn, Parnell Street in Dublin at 2pm…

Pope Francis greets Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin during the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The 2018 World Meeting of Families is to be held in Dublin. Photo: CNS