Dublin prelate launches new renewal phase Despite the Church in Europe experiencing a time of decline it is also a time of “new beginning” the Archbishop of Dublin has said, launching a new phase of the ‘Building Hope’ pastoral renewal initiative. Ahead of the publication of the Building Hope Pastoral Strategic Planning Resource 2025–2027 in September, which was…
The Season of Creation, the annual Church period for environmental discussions starts next month. Fr Sean McDonagh, Columban priest and ecologist said priests should have more biology and ecology teaching during their studies in Seminary. This period in the Church calendar is dedicated to renew the relationship between humanity and the Creator. It will start…
Beloved GAA player was buried on Monday after one year battling with brain cancer. Caolan Finnegan, aged 20, was buried at St Patrick’s Church, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. The young star was given a final lap around Oliver Plunkett Park pitch before the burial. Mr Finnegan scored one of the Crossmaglen’s goals in their Armagh Final…
St Patrick’s Parish, Belfast has been reduced to just one priest for the first time in 200 years. The parish not only attends the spiritual and pastoral needs of the community, but also serves a hospital, a primary school, several residential and care homes, and the new Ulster University Belfast Campus. The large scale building…
Five years after the Amazon Synod, members of the region’s Church gathered in Manaus, Brazil, in order to discuss ways to implement the changes suggested in 2019 during the meeting in Rome. The need to increase the women’s participation in ecclesial life and alternatives for the Church’s financial challenges in the Amazon were among the…
A European watchdog has warned of serious anti-Christian violence in Europe and called on governments to protect converts from Islam in particular. The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe) has reported an increase in anti-Christian hate crimes by 44% on the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Violence Based…
Concern Worldwide is responding to deadly floods in Bangladesh in which at least 18 people have been killed and millions of others stranded. The Irish organisation is providing food, oral rehydration solution, water purification tablets, sanitary pads, candles and matches to approximately 35,000 people in Nohakhali district, one of the worst affected districts. “These floods…
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, this week defended a new Ukrainian law that aims to limit the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the country because of its support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion and regime. Shevchuk, who has spoken out frequently in Ukraine’s defence since the start of the war, said Russia…
Tribunal of Inquiry needed to investigate state and ministerial neglect of kids 100,000 children or almost twice the number of children who will do the Leaving Cert this year will be referred to Tusla, the State-run Child and Family Agency, amid chronic underfunding, missing children, lack of beds, in the ongoing crisis of State care…
“Young people, they’re searching for more,” said Keith Kelly, Youth Minister in the Diocese of Raphoe, at the Youth 2000 Event, pointing to the eagerness for catechesis to and Faith formation among the younger generations. Youth 2000 hosted a weekend event that gathered a large crowd of young people seeking to deepen their spiritual lives.…
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