Ruadhán JonesThe decision by some rural Catholic schools to change to integrated education in the North has been described as “deathbed conversions” by the bishop of Derry.
Rural schools’ moves to integrated education ‘deathbed conversions’
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Puerto Rican star swaps rap for the Risen Lord
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Baroness O’Loan introduces pro-life bill in Westminster
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Macron to invite Pope to Notre Dame’s December 2024 reopening
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Report: Stay at home parents’ work worth €54,000 salary
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The research is from life insurance and pension provider Royal London Ireland and shows the estimated stay-at-home salary is up from 2022’s €53,480.
Latin American bishops support Guatemalan cardinal amid threats
The Latin American and Caribbean bishops’ conference has expressed solidarity with Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, after the prelate said he had been told that judicial officials are seeking his arrest and the country’s outgoing government sent a strongly worded letter to the apostolic nuncio. The conference – commonly known as CELAM – said…
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Papal Nuncio to lead 2024 grandparents pilgrimage New Papal Nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor has been announced as Chief Celebrant at the National Grandparents Pilgrimage at the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock on July 28, 2024, to coincide with the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Archbishop Montemayor agreed to lead…
Algeria martyrs a paradigm of path to holiness
Luca Attanasio Five years have passed since the historic beatification of the 19 martyrs of Algeria celebrated at the shrine of Notre-Dame of Santa Cruz in Oran, Algeria. On the occasion of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, on 8 December 2018, in a church packed with people including many Muslim believers and religious leaders,…
Warning of parish ‘class divide’ if lay ministry not funded properly
There is a growing danger of a “class divide” emerging between parishes if there isn’t proper financial investment in lay ministries, the country’s first ever parish manager has warned. Lay leaders have also said that it will be “impossible” to encourage co-responsibility and encourage laypeople to take on more responsibility if there isn’t proper pay…
Michael Kelly to step down as IC Editor
Long-serving Editor of The Irish Catholic Michael Kelly has announced that he will step down from the position early in 2024, after more than 12 years in the Editor’s chair. Mr Kelly, a native of Co. Tyrone, served as the paper’s Rome Correspondent before joining the Dublin office in 2005. He was appointed Deputy Editor in…