A woman reunited with her lost wedding ring has put her luck down to prayer and her faith in Our Lady. Cora Maguire issued a public appeal over the radio after she lost the ring recently ago in Dunnes Stores, on Dublin’s Henry Street, and thought all hope was lost until it was found. “I’ve…

Fr Aidan Troy poses for a selfie with newly married couple Mary McLaughlin and Martin Kealey at Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne in Belfast, at the first wedding the popular priest has celebrated in the North since his move to Paris in 2008. The Passionist came to prominence in 2001 when Loyalists protested against Catholic schoolgirls…

Australia’s Labour Party has pledged to support same-sex marriage and to require all party members eventually to join in that effort. After tense negotiations, a Labour Party meeting voted to amend a resolution that would have required party members to vote in favour of same-sex marriage immediately. In a compromise measure, the party agreed that…

Limerick city priests have welcomed the announcement of the creation of 300 new jobs as a “boost for the city and the people”. Uber, an online on-demand car service is to hire 150 people by the end of the year and another 150 when the operation is up and running. It has also signed a…

The Synod of Bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church has elected Bishop Gregory Ghabroyan, 80, as the 20th Armenian Catholic Paticarch of Cilicia. The prelate, now known as Gregory Petros XX Ghabroyan, succeeds Nerses Petros XIX Tarmouni, who died on June 25. The new patriarch was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1934 and studied in…

The widow of a man who was killed while trying to be a “good Samaritan” has spoken of how her faith has sustained her. Jane Fitzsimons, whose husband Eamon Cronin was tragically knocked down and killed while trying to break up a fight, revealed it was her strong faith that kept her going. “My faith…

The priest who directs the Dominican order’s peace centre in Lahore said that 130 Christians are now facing blasphemy charges in Pakistan. “According to my estimate, there are 130 Christians whose trials are proceeding,” Fr James Channan told Aid to the Church in Need. “But people will be surprised to learn that there are about…

Staff reporter An Irish charity is set to welcome to Dublin this week a group of Kenyan children who are abandoned, orphaned and living with AIDS. Kenyan Orphan Aid will for the tenth time host the youngsters from the Nairobi-based Nyumbani home as part of the charity’s annual holiday project. The 21 children and their…

Pope signs up as first World Youth Day pilgrim Pope Francis officially opened registration for the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland at the weekend. Joined by a young man and a young woman, the Pope was handed a tablet where he launched the online registration. “There, I am registered!” he said to cheers from the pilgrims and visitors. “Through this electronic…

The Parish Priest for the Travelling community in Dublin has said a recent meeting with Government representatives has given hope of formal State recognition of Traveller ethnicity.   Fr Derek Farrell, PP of the Parish of the Travelling People, attended a Roundtable Meeting on Traveller Ethnicity last week with representatives of Traveller organisations and senior…