Catholic relationships and sexuality education organisation Pure in Heart is offering an open day in an effort to address parents’ concerns relating to the new SPHE syllabus.
Pure in Heart offers ‘alternate vision’ for SPHE changes
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UN peacekeeping shows weak results for Congo – bishop
Ruadhán Jones
Even though the UN troops have been in the country for more than two decades aiming to bring peace and stability, a Congolese archbishop said the mission’s results are “too weak and too little”.
News in brief
Aontú is hosting its Ard Fheis on Saturday, October 7, as recent polls suggest the party is seeing a steady increase in support.
Foreign news in brief
The Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM) announced the launch of a ‘Citizen Accord for Peace’, which aims to “overcome the dynamics of violence and destruction of the social fabric” in the country.
15 students begin seminary studies
Some 15 students began formal seminary studies for the priesthood for Ireland’s 26 diocese in September, almost double the previous year.
Vatican roundup
The international community must cooperate to advance disarmament rather than embrace the “false security” offered by nuclear weapons, the Vatican’s foreign minister said.
Historic synod gathering ‘big moment’ for Church in Ireland to galvanise Faithful
The historic synod gathering in Rome which gets underway next week, being seen as the most significant Church gathering this century, is a “big moment” for the Church in Ireland to galvanise the Faithful to communicate “the richness of our tradition”, Irish participants have said. However, the Synod of Bishops on Synodality which begins on…
Papal astronomer sees God in NASA success
Believers have been given the opportunity to find God “in the joy of discovery” and in the “elegance of the way that the Creator actually made this wonderful universe,” according to papal astronomer Bro. Guy Consolmagno SJ following NASA’s successful Osiris-Rex mission. NASA’s first-ever samples of an asteroid in deep space landed safely on Earth…
Christians in the Holy Land must be free to worship without threat of violence or provocation – Tánaiste
Christians in the Holy land must be free to worship without the threat of violence or provocation, the Tánaiste has said. Tánaiste Mícheal Martin’s comments come after he met with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which houses the tomb of Christ, during his visit to the…
Northern pro-lifers defiant as exclusion zones confirmed
A prominent pro-life spokeswoman in Northern Ireland has struck a defiant tone as the date was confirmed for “Safe Access Zones” at abortion providers across Northern Ireland. The exclusion zones come into effect September 29 and apply to a number of hospitals and centres across the North, with the intention of deterring pro-life presence outside…