Caution urged in attributing quotes to Pontiff

Victims to be honored by end of year

"My diocese no longer exists.” Chaldean Archbishop Shimoun Emil Nona of Mosul speaks of the dispersing of Christians from the city as militant Islamist cement their hold.   “In keeping with a long, shadowy, legacy of antipathy, justices who happen to be Catholics… are branded and bullied by a group who only succeed in providing…

Opening celebration for new training and community centre

There will be no Catholic chapel at Dublin’s St James’s hospital for the first time in over a century as plans are finalised to demolish the current building and replace it with a one-size-fits-all multi-faith centre. Staff members and local residents have expressed disappointment that the 19th Century Catholic chapel, which is being bulldozed to…

CPSMA makes call for subsidy commitment

The directors of youth ministry in the five Northern dioceses recently organised a joint ‘thank you day’ for the volunteers in each of their dioceses who have worked tirelessly with their young people to provide a range of opportunities to share and celebrate the Faith. These volunteers in collaboration with their parish priests, school principals…

Act of vandalism described as ‘callous and cowardly’

A large crowd of Brigidine sisters, Patrician brothers, and people from near and far gathered at the Delany homestead on the Bennett family farm in Paddock, Co. Laois on July 8 for a Ritual of Remembrance to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Bishop Daniel Delany, Founder of the Brigidine Sisters and the…