Waterford diocese has warned against people acting like vigilantes following anti-Roma protests in the city over the weekend. These led to people being evacuated from their homes and property being damaged. Large groups of people protested outside the homes of members of the Roma community in the city on both Saturday and Sunday. Protestors said…

Twelve Chaldean religious men and priests living in the United States, Canada, Australia and Sweden have been suspended from exercising their priestly ministry for not receiving permission from their superiors before emigrating from Iraq. At least three of those suspended had been serving the Chaldean diaspora in the Eparchy of St Peter the Apostle of…

Failure to fill vacant chaplain posts in Irish hospitals could force chaplaincy training centres here to close

  The task of the Catholic Church is not only to teach people how to pray, but how to live authentically Christian lives, two leaders of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said. The Church’s ministers also have an obligation to accompany, support and minister to their followers in the midst of strife and even danger, said…

CEO of the Church’s safeguarding watchdog has painted an “improving picture” of child protection procedures within the Catholic Church.

There will be five liturgical items up for consideration. All are subject to amendments from bishops. All but one require approval of two-thirds of the bishops, followed by final approval from the Vatican. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who is president of the USCCB, will deliver his first presidential address. He was elected…

It was an emotional moment for Fr John Brogan, parish priest of Kilskyre and Ballinlough, Co. Meath, when Pope Francis came over to greet him and impart a blessing at the Vatican last week. Fr Brogan, who is coping with illness, was a student at the Irish College in Rome during much of the pontificate…

Bishops Leahy and Murray led a group of pilgrims from the diocese to Rome

Charity witnesses great expression of people’s generosity

Over 10,000 people in West Africa have been infected with Ebola and over 4,900 have died.