Seven Columbans promoted by Korean Church

US Archbishop John Nienstedt of St Paul and Minneapolis has claimed that the archdiocese has made significant progress in improving procedures for addressing sexual abuse claims and he will not resign over past mishandling on such cases. "We must continue to address head-on the terrible scandal of clerical sexual abuse," he said. "It is apparent…

The number of rapes registered by police in India has doubled

Staff Reporter The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has accused Justice Minister Francis Fitzgerald of misleading the public and of mounting a politically motivated attack against her former Fine Gael colleagues who voted against last year’s abortion legislation. In two separate interviews recently, Minister Fitzgerald said she found it extraordinary that Fine Gael members of the…

Patriarch calls for lifting the Israeli blockade of Gaza

Fr Aidan Troy withdraws comments from online blog

Over 25 priests, from 12 different dioceses came together at Mount St Joseph’s Cistercian Abbey, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary last week to pray together on retreat. They are members of the Jesus Caritas Fraternity of Priests, inspired by the life and writings of (Blessed) Charles de Foucauld (1858 -1916). The Fraternity has over 200 priests in…

Francis delivers first homily in German

“Stop. I am asking you with all my heart, stop.” This was the Pope’s heartfelt plea to the warring sides in the Gaza conflict on July 27. Setting aside his prepared Sunday Angelus script to pray for those caught up in conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine and Iraq, the Pontiff insisted that “all is…