Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has called on Pope Francis to issue an apology to First Nations, Inuit, and Metis survivors, families, and communities for the Church's role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of children in Catholic-run residential schools. The commission was established under the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement,…

Supporters to undertake a 40-mile walk to the order’s headquarters in Dublin to present a 22,000 signature petition

Social apathy and economic focus are consequences of financial crisis, says Cardinal The global financial crisis has driven a loss of meaning and social apathy, causing people to turn away from the common good in favour of a minimalist anthropology pointed towards economic function, according to the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The…

Church ‘key’ to tackling cyberbullying – Bishop

50 The number of homeless and poor people led by Rome’s St Lucia parish, with financial assistance from Pope Francis, on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin on June 4. Parish priest Fr Antonio Nicolai said the Pope offered help to the pilgrims with “the conviction that, like the shroud, they represented the…

Tributes have been paid to the former Bishop of Achonry, Bishop Thomas Flynn, who died last week after nearly 60 years of service to the Church. In his homily at the funeral Mass in Cathedral of the Annunciation and Saint Nathy in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, Bishop Brendan Kelly said the word most often used to…

Dublin-based Discovery Gospel Choir, in partnership with development charity Christian Aid, is presenting a series of concerts to mark the ending of slavery in the United States. Under the title ‘Juneteenth: 150 Years of Freedom’ the choir will perform in Dublin, Belfast and Downpatrick in consultation with Dr William Mulligan – senior lecturer of History…

There was a large turnout of parishioners, family and friends in Kilcullen Parish Centre, Co. Kildare for the celebration of Fr Niall Mackey’s golden jubilee. Following a concelebrated Mass with Bishop Eamonn Walsh, Fr Martin Harte and Fr Eugene Rybansky from River Valley Parish, there was a reception in the parish centre where presentations were…

As part of a range of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of Corrymeela – Northern Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organisation – the Voices Together Choir will perform a unique musical event at Clonard Monastery, Belfast on Sunday, June 14 at 3pm. Voices Together will be joined by the Jubilate! Chamber Choir and a number…

Limerick Redemptorists Fr Seamus Enright and Fr Laurence Gallagher launching a new advertising campaign to invite people to join in celebrating the annual novena in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at Mount St Alphonsus from Friday, June 12 to Saturday, June 20. The campaign involves advertising on Limerick city buses, as well as…