A deadly bomb that exploded during a Mass December 3 killed at least four people and injured dozens at a university in a predominantly Muslim city in southern Philippines. Media reports that the explosion caused panic among dozens of students and teachers in a gymnasium where Mass was taking place, at Mindanao State University in…
Laura Madrigal-Estebas About 220 people gathered in a fabulous setting of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown, Dublin, to attend an inspiring conference called ‘Parishes Caring for Creation’ at the end of November. A collaboration between Trócaire, the Archdiocese of Dublin and the Laudato Si’ Movement, this conference aimed to help parish communities respond to…
Dana Rosemary Scallon performed her new song Light the Fire, about St Patrick’s work to spread the Faith in Ireland, to a packed Long Tower Church, Derry, on November 26. Ms Scallon was performing as part of the Derry parish’s annual novena, which takes place over nine Sundays before Christmas. The Irish singer shared her…
The pastoral centre of Christ the King Cathedral in Loikaw, Myanmar, was bombed on November 26 and occupied by the Burmese military the next day, according to reporting by Agenzia Fides, the news arm of Pontifical Mission Societies. Though no one was killed in the bombing, the pastoral centre’s ceiling collapsed and Bishop Celso Ba Shwe…
Warsaw (KNA): For the first time, the Polish parliament will not only invite catholic clergy to its Christmas celebrations this year. Protestant and Orthodox clergy will also receive an invitation to the traditional celebration this time, the president of the Sejm lower house of parliament, Szymon Holownia, said in Warsaw. If there are to be…
Chai Brady and Brandon Scott The riots that convulsed Dublin’s inner-city last week are a symptom of a wider “social discontent” particularly over inadequate housing and the inability to access even basic things, priests in the heart of the capital have warned. After the stabbing of three children and a carer on Parnell Square…
Mary Immaculate College’s failure to appoint a Head of Theology is “ridiculous”, a senior lecturer at the Catholic college has said, warning that the longer the situation continues, “the greater the damage to the college’s reputation”. Dr Cathy Swift in a letter to The Irish Catholic also warned that the failure adds to concerns that the college’s…
An assurance from the Department of Health that pro-life marches won’t be affected by new exclusion zone legislation has been dubbed “incredibly vague”. Following a query from The Irish Catholic regarding so-called ‘safe-access zones’ around abortion providers, the department said in a statement: “There is no intention to criminalise bona fide protest marches which incidentally…
Ben Dunne did “the Christian thing” and forgave his captors, according to the son of the iconic and controversial Irish businessman whose funeral took place on Tuesday, November 28. The former managing director of Dunnes Stores was also remembered by chief celebrant Fr Damian O’Reilly as a “generous and caring” man who “cherished” the Christian…
Bishop Michael Router paid tribute to a priest whose “presence spoke volumes” and “left an impression” on those who knew him at the funeral of Armagh priest, Fr Brian White. Fr White, 46, died on Wednesday November 8 at his home in Tullysaran, Co. Armagh. His funeral took place Sunday November 12 at the Church of…
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