The Benedictine nuns of the Kylemore Abbey located in Connemara, Co. Galway celebrated the opening of a new monastery on August 17. The official blessing ceremony of the new purpose-built home for the fifteen nuns, was led by Archbishop of Tuam Francis Duffy. The building was originally planned to be completed by December 2020, as part…
In Scotland, the bishops’ conference has submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on a proposal to legalise assisted suicide. Liam McArthur, a member of the Scottish Parliament, introduced the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill earlier this year. It would allow terminally ill adults in Scotland to…
Sr Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun whose purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita included stark warnings for humanity and instructions to pray the rosary and repent of sin, died August 15 at age 93. Sr Sasagawa was a convert from Buddhism. A parish priest in Akita, Japan,…
Bishops and politicians have expressed their shock and condemnation at the apparent terrorist attack that took place last night in Co. Galway which saw a military chaplain stabbed with a knife. Fr Paul F Murphy, who is in his 50s, is being treated for serious but non life-threatening injuries following the attack at Renmore Barracks,…
It flies in the face of everything Catholics have been told by the media and those who purport to speak on behalf of children but the evidence is in, school children want more religion in their classrooms and not less, and a survey by the Children’s Ombudsman backs this up. The survey revealed that 34%…
The Diocese of Kilmore is having to rearrange and redistribute priests due to the declining number of available priests in the diocese. “There are simply not enough ordinations in Kilmore Diocese to keep pace with the current and projected number of retirements in accord with the current organisation of our parishes,” the Bishop of Kilmore…
Last Saturday, Derry saw another conflict between nationalist youths and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), leaving ten officers injured. The violence following a peaceful Apprentice Boys’ Relief of Derry parade lasted a few hours. The Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown told The Irish Catholic, “there tends to be an annual build up to…
The remains of Bishop Eamonn Casey, which have been interred in Galway Cathedral since his death in 2017, could be relocated after child sexual abuse allegations were revealed in the RTÉ documentary ‘Bishop Casey’s Buried Secrets.’ The Diocese of Limerick, where the bishop first served in the late 1950s, told the Irish Daily Mail they…
Pro-life protestors who were arrested in Northern Ireland last October for violating UK buffer zone laws are speaking out amidst their ongoing court battle. The protesters had their first hearing on July 29, wherein they both entered a not guilty plea. “I believe I have done absolutely nothing wrong,” Claire Brennan stated in a recent Live Action report: “If…
Many people in Venezuela are currently paying particular attention to what the Pope and representatives of the local church are saying. While the position of the Venezuelan Church leaders is clear, Francis is being diplomatic. For more than a week now, Venezuela has been experiencing another serious national crisis following the announcement of President Nicolas…
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