Senator Sharon Keogan has announced that the Government has given a summer deadline to enact a law which would ensure the right of unmarried fathers to be named on their children’s birth certificates. Senator Keogan said that after more than a decade of delays and repeated inquiries last week the Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary, …
The Bishop of Clonfet Michael Duignan has made clerical changes to the Diocese. The new appointments are: Rev. Gregory Shinvo, CC (Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria) to replace Rev. Charles Nyameh, CC (Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria) as curate St Michael’s and priest available to the Ballinasloe Faith Community Area along with providing sacramental services to Emmanuel…
Killarney Parish in the Kerry Diocese celebrated 215 Confirmations of boys and girls from five primary schools on March 7 in St Mary’s Cathedral. The Confirmations occurred in two separate ceremonies led by Bishop Ray Browne, one in the morning when 120 children were Confirmed and one in the afternoon for the remaining 95. Fr…
Members of the Hugh O’Flaherty Memorial Society recently flew to Rome to be present at the commemorative Mass of the Irish priest who saved 6,500 lives during World War II. The Mass was celebrated at the Propaganda Fide College, where Hugh O’Flaherty was ordained 100 years ago in 1925. This special Mass was Celebrated by…
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú A new documentary, Ocho Siglos Después (Eight Centuries Later), sheds light on the plight of persecuted Christians in regions like Syria, Nigeria, and northern India, where faith remains a source of resilience amid oppression. The film, produced by Fascina Producciones, was screened on February 25 at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. The event featured…
Indonesia’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Prof. KH Nasaruddin Umar, emphasised the importance of religious tolerance and interfaith harmony during a colloquium and book discussion at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia on February 25. Titled ‘Salve Peregrinans Spei!’, the event focused on perspectives from 33 prominent Indonesian Muslim figures regarding Pope Francis’ visit. In his…
The upcoming inauguration of a Church in Ur of the Chaldeans, four years after Pope Francis’ visit, is a ‘message’ of openness, says Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Baghdad. The site, he hopes, will become a place of pilgrimage for Iraqis and believers from all over the world, Christians and Muslims, for Abraham “is…
Gina Christian – OSV Christianity’s decline in the US may have stalled, but signs of a long-term downward trend remain, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey. On February 26, Pew released the results of its 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study, which polled nearly 37,000 US adults on a range of topics regarding religious belief…
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú – CNA On the occasion of the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality, scheduled for October 11–12, the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be taken to Rome. The famous image of Our Lady, known to the faithful throughout the world and a symbol of “hope that does not disappoint,” will be present among…
Pope Francis famously said we aren’t only living in changing times, we are living through the change of an epoch. He also said “Change is necessary to grow. If we do not change, we do not grow.” Leadership renewal is essential in any institution, and the Pope has led by example with some very high…
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