Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have called for breaking ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, following a Russian attack on Odesa that destroyed a historic cathedral while killing two and injuring at least 22, including four children (See In Brief). The Odesa diocese of the UOC condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, saying “this act…
A Nigerian civil rights group has called on the Vatican to make an Irish priest a saint for his work helping children during Nigeria’s 1967-1970 civil war. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) last week called on the Vatican to make Fr Dermot Doran CSSp a saint for his work in Igbo Land,…
A Christian charity in the North has lambasted the PSNI claiming it is not making use of laws criminalising ‘sex-buyers’ that would see men “named and shamed”. Last week the PSNI said they had identified six women “forced into prostitution and exploited”. The women, who are in their 20s, had been lured into travelling through…
In a new attack against the Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has frozen the Church’s retirement fund for priests, according to lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina. The lawyer is the author of the report Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?, which catalogues the more than…
The visit of Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Spanish Msgr Jordi Bertomeu to Peru to investigate the lay organisation Sodalitium Christianae Vitae is being received with confidence by many of the group’s victims, who hope it will be finally dissolved. Some, however, say, they lost hope that the case will be resolved. Once a…
Checking in with God is the “most important thing” for Irish women’s soccer star Sinead Farrelly, she has revealed. The 33-year-old international, who played in the women’s team’s first ever world cup, said her faith played a big role in helping recover from a car crash in 2015 that almost ended her career. Asked if…
A breakdown in a relationship or a change in family circumstances was the most common reason families presented as homeless between April and June this year, according to the Department of Housing. Local authorities have begun reporting the reasons for presentation as homeless cited by households who recently entered emergency accommodation in the second quarter…
Taizé community to get new leader in December After 18 years as head of the ecumenical monastic community Taizé, Bro. Alois Loeser has chosen a successor. According to the community, after consulting other brothers, the French Catholic has chosen Bro. Matthew (Andrew) Thorpe (58) to be the Christian fraternity’s third-ever prior. Bro. Thorpe, an Anglican…
The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) have opened their first permanent home in Ireland after purchasing a community house in Waterford City. The FSSP spent €500,000 in purchasing St Oliver Plunkett house after raising €263,000 between January and June of this year. They thanked everyone who donated for their generosity, explaining that the fraternity…
The FBI handed over to US Congress July 25 internal documents relating to the bureau’s now-withdrawn leaked memo that recommended investigating devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass. The leaked memo, dated January 23, which originated from the bureau’s Richmond office, claims that racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists will likely become more interested in “radical-traditionalist…
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