Eighty adults from different backgrounds were welcomed to the Catholic Faith at the Rite of Election in the Pro Cathedral with Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin on March 9. Dublin diocese witnessed an increase of 100% from the 40 catechumens elected in 2024. “Something is happening in Dublin diocese as more young people want to…
An Irish charity which supports two religious orders that help Lesotho’s poor has said Trump’s derogatory remarks at Congress last week were ‘inappropriate’. Mr Trump described Lesotho as a country “nobody has ever heard of” as he defended aid cuts, noting in particular a past US aid project of “eight million dollars to promote LGBTQI+…
As conflict continues to devastate eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC) has warned of potential regional spillover. At a meeting in Tanzania, bishops from Burundi, DRC, and Rwanda called for peace, denouncing what they termed a growing “culture of death.” The M23 rebel offensive, backed by…
Senator Sharon Keogan has announced that the Government has given a summer deadline to enact a law which would ensure the right of unmarried fathers to be named on their children’s birth certificates. Senator Keogan said that after more than a decade of delays and repeated inquiries last week the Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary, …
The Bishop of Clonfet Michael Duignan has made clerical changes to the Diocese. The new appointments are: Rev. Gregory Shinvo, CC (Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria) to replace Rev. Charles Nyameh, CC (Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria) as curate St Michael’s and priest available to the Ballinasloe Faith Community Area along with providing sacramental services to Emmanuel…
Killarney Parish in the Kerry Diocese celebrated 215 Confirmations of boys and girls from five primary schools on March 7 in St Mary’s Cathedral. The Confirmations occurred in two separate ceremonies led by Bishop Ray Browne, one in the morning when 120 children were Confirmed and one in the afternoon for the remaining 95. Fr…
Members of the Hugh O’Flaherty Memorial Society recently flew to Rome to be present at the commemorative Mass of the Irish priest who saved 6,500 lives during World War II. The Mass was celebrated at the Propaganda Fide College, where Hugh O’Flaherty was ordained 100 years ago in 1925. This special Mass was Celebrated by…
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú A new documentary, Ocho Siglos Después (Eight Centuries Later), sheds light on the plight of persecuted Christians in regions like Syria, Nigeria, and northern India, where faith remains a source of resilience amid oppression. The film, produced by Fascina Producciones, was screened on February 25 at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. The event featured…
Indonesia’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Prof. KH Nasaruddin Umar, emphasised the importance of religious tolerance and interfaith harmony during a colloquium and book discussion at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia on February 25. Titled ‘Salve Peregrinans Spei!’, the event focused on perspectives from 33 prominent Indonesian Muslim figures regarding Pope Francis’ visit. In his…
The upcoming inauguration of a Church in Ur of the Chaldeans, four years after Pope Francis’ visit, is a ‘message’ of openness, says Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Baghdad. The site, he hopes, will become a place of pilgrimage for Iraqis and believers from all over the world, Christians and Muslims, for Abraham “is…
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