The Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua suspended operations August 16 after Nicaraguan authorities branded the school a “centre of terrorism” the previous day and froze its assets for confiscation – actions marking an escalation in the regime’s repression of the Catholic Church and its charitable and educational projects The Jesuit province in Central America…
Chai Brady and Jason Osborne Ireland hosting a major international Catholic event like World Youth Day could be a key moment in renewing and reforming the Church here, bishops have told The Irish Catholic. A dozen Irish bishops have just returned from the global youth event in Lisbon where more than 1.5 million young Catholics…
A Nigerian priest based in Athlone has begged the Irish Faithful for prayers for peace in West Africa as tension mounts in the region following the Niger coup which took place last month. The coup that ousted Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum in late July comes in the wake of a series of similar military takeovers…
Chaplain to the Ukrainian community in Ireland Fr Vasyl Kornitsky has said that “every single Sunday” he hears from members of his congregation about family members who’ve died in Ukraine, and that the ongoing war is “affecting everyone”. This comes following the news that the community of Carrick-on-Shannon in Co. Leitrim are rallying around 18-year…
Following the PSNI’s colossal data breach which revealed personal and employment details of staff, the Catholic Police Guild raised concerns about future recruitment of Catholic officers. Supt Gerry Murray, chairman of the Catholic Police Guild, called on the PSNI’s Chief Constable Simon Byrne to “reassure” Catholic officers. He told the Irish Times: “What we need…
Catholic migrant communities have higher levels of religiosity then ‘indigenous Irish’ and should be seen as a “resource for the future” of the Church, a University College Dublin (UCD) academic has said. Professor of Migration and Social Policy Bryan Fanning of UCD told The Irish Catholic that religion in Irish society should not be viewed…
Pope Francis appointed to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles four new auxiliary bishops July 18, one of whom is assigned to the San Gabriel region filling the role following the murder of Irish-born Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell in February of this year. Bishop-elect Brian Nunes said he could never “replace” Bishop O’Connell but that he…
A senior figure in Catholic education in Ireland has warned of a “challenging” academic year ahead due especially to the lack of substitute teachers in Ireland. This comes as the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland warned that schools are under “enormous strain” with hundreds of teaching posts still unfilled ahead of the new term.…
The fact that Ireland is mission territory is underlined by the latest clerical changes in the Diocese of Clogher which includes the appointment of five African priests. The late Cardinal Tómas Ó Fiaich of Armagh’s prediction that African missionaries would eventually bring the Faith back to Ireland, a proposition that was met with mirth and…
Representatives from Ireland’s 26 dioceses will come together with pieces of a cross, each with a separate diocesan name, to build a dedicated ‘Cross for Vocations’ in Knock shrine today. A prayer ceremony on August 17 marks both the current ‘Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood’, as well as the centrality of the Marian…
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