A pair of priests have been reported abducted from their parishes in Nicaragua as the country’s increasingly totalitarian regime continues cracking down on the Church and silencing all dissenting voices.
Queen’s University Belfast’s Catholic chaplaincy celebrated their annual dedication of studies Mass on Sunday, October 1.
Advocates say getting rid of the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse is a matter of moral justice, but the Archdiocese of Boston says the move will hurt its own efforts to help sexual abuse victims.
Hundreds of people attended the AMRI (Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland) leaders conference and AGM which heard from several speakers focused on responding to a rapidly changing modern world.
An Armenian Catholic bishop told OSV News that tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have been “completely disregarded for political and economic profits”, as Azerbaijan takes control over their former home.
Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem united in a call for peace and justice amid unfolding violence, following a surprise attack by Hamas in southern Israel, which has left hundreds of Israelis dead, among them civilians and dozens of soldiers and police who were killed battling the Hamas fighters.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asserted on Wednesday, October 4, that the fact that “a man is a man and a woman is a woman” is “common sense”.
St Mary’s Secondary School Baldoyle has announced its transformation to a co-educational school from September 2024.
St Alberto Hurtado Chapel in the Archdiocese of Concepción and St Joseph Church of the Diocese of Linares were set on fire over the weekend. Both churches are located in central Chile.
Through a “narrow focus on pregnancy prevention” and the promotion of abortion, many international organisations too often view motherhood as a liability to the advancement of women, the Vatican said.
Ruadhán Jones
Chai Brady