Filming on Silence, the epic tale of Jesuit priests struggling to spread the Faith in 17th-Century Japan begins in September, with Ireland’s Liam Neeson in the lead role.   Earlier this year it was confirmed that, following years of delay on the project, the Martin Scorsese-directed film will finally reach the screen, telling the story…

Neighbours work to fight fire

The Church should be a welcoming “counter-movement” in a society that can be violent, unforgiving and anxiety-driven, Archbishop Michael Neary has said. The Archbishop of Tuam also warned that faith cannot be about maintenance. Rather, it is about “welcoming home all sorts and conditions of people,” he said. Speaking from the summit of Croagh Patrick…

Christian’s ordeal ends with papal meeting

A Co. Tipperary priest has praised the local community for coming together to take action  against the drugs problem in the town, following the death of a number of young people from  the area.    Fr Tom Corbett PP was among over 1,000 people who attended a meeting in Roscrea on  Monday to discuss what…

Final document completed

The scene at Strathroy, Omagh, Co. Tyrone on Sunday during the outdoor Mass to celebrate the estate's 40th anniversary. Fr Kevin Mullan, a former parish priest, returned for the celebration. Photo: Pat McSorley

A member of the Vatican Observatory has been honoured for his “outstanding” work in astronomy Jesuit Br Guy Consolmagno, who is also the curator of the Vatican’s meteorite collection has been named a recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal, bestowed by the American Astronomical Society, which cited the Jesuit’s “outstanding communication by an active planetary…

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has described the level of homelessness in Dublin as “shameful”. Speaking at Crosscare’s Year 1 Report launch last week, Dr Martin said the “vulnerable and marginalised” often fall “prey to the very systems which were there to provide them with protection and support”, and condemned “services which are below standards and which…

“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…