A priest has said that while each year people hear the statistics of deaths on Irish roads, “when this awful situation lands on your doorstep, then you know these are not just numbers” in a funeral homily following the death of three family members.
A Louth councillor has criticised the decision of Louth County Council’s Drogheda district to remove the ‘freedom of Drogheda’ award given to Bro. Edmund Garvey, the former head of the Christian Brothers
Mother Agnes O’Shea, formerly abbess of Glencairn Abbey from 1995 to 2001, died on September 2 at the age of 92.
Attendees of the Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska Co. Laois are being encouraged to visit the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin’s stand and name their favourite saint.
In a land bordering both Russia and China, and having deep ties with both, Pope Francis told Mongolian leaders their country can play “a significant role in the heart of the great Asian continent and on the international scene,” particularly in peacemaking.
Augustinian theologian, ecumenist and author Fr Gabriel Daly died peacefully on August 30, at the age of 96.
A leading Irish-American cardinal has urged Catholics in Ireland to look to the strength of their ancestors in difficult times for the Faith, to renew and rebuild the Church here amidst current challenges. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, was speaking after celebrating Mass in St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh to mark the 150th…
News that the next World Youth Day will take place in Seoul, South Korea, has raised hopes that the event might boost the profile of Irish missionaries martyred by communist forces during the Korean war. Six Irish Columban fathers and two missionaries of Irish descent died as “witnesses of modern and contemporary faith” during the…
The retired Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has warned that synodal consultations could lead to “frustrated expectations” when people realise that the process will not lead to a radical change in Church teaching on hot-button issues such as the ordination of women. He also said that he believes that Pope St John Paul II was…
The brutal persecution of the Church in Nicaragua will not stop missionaries striving to minister to the Faithful even if civil war and martyrdom are on the cards, an Irish Jesuit has insisted. Fr Kevin O’Higgins SJ, who spent decades in Latin America under a military dictatorship, said missionaries accept an “element of risk” in…
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