The faithful of the country are mourning the passing of Fr Luigi Pezzoni, an Italian missionary who spent nearly 50 years working with lepers as a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. Fr Pezzoni, who was 82, was ordained in 1958 and first travelled to India in 1966. By 1973 he had founded…

Praise for Irish support to the Philippines

United States – A number of senators have issued a joint letter to President Barack Obama urging him to again intervene in the case of Christian Pastor Saeed Abedini, imprisoned in Iran for his faith. Praising Mr Obama for having previously raised the pastor’s case with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani during the pair’s historic telephone…

An American university has announced plans to offer a course of study focused on the theological references in the songs of rock singer Bruce Springsteen. Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is now taking applications for the course which aims to examine all of the major works of the artist, most famed for his Born…

The island state of Hawaii has become the latest to legislate for same-sex marriage following a 30-19 vote in congress and a 19-4 vote in the senate. Bishop Larry Silva of Honolulu has criticised the move as “disappointing”, stating: “It is very sad that many of our state legislators and our governor have confused a…

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Argentina – Members of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) have disrupted an interfaith service commemorating the Holocaust in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires. As members of the Catholic and Jewish faiths joined in a ceremony to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht when Hitler unleashed his Nazi followers on Germany’s synagogues and Jewish…

Crosscare holding a food appeal over the four weeks of Advent

More Christians persecuted now than ever, Pope warns

Seamus McEntee ordained on Feast of St Laurence O’Toole