Blessed Michael McGivney was honoured in the US after seven parishes in New Haven, Connecticut, were merged July 1 into one parish, which was then named after him. The founder of the Knights of Columbus was born to Irish immigrant parents, Patrick and Mary McGivney, who settled in Connecticut in the US. Fr Ryan Lerner,…
A prayer book belonging to the priest who sheltered King Charles II has gone on display in the famous Moseley Old Hall in Wolverhampton. Fr John Huddleston’s personal missal is almost 400 years old, and was purchased by the conservation charity National Trust at auction. It’s believed that the missal, published in Paris in 1623,…
Pope Francis has named 21 new cardinals, announcing the names after his recitation of the Angelus with the Faithful in St Peter’s Square July 9. He said he would formally install the cardinals during a special consistory at the Vatican September 30. The new cardinals represent more than a dozen countries on five continents. Three…
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos has been sent back to prison, July 5 after negotiations between the Nicaraguan bishops and the government of dictator Daniel Ortega broke down, Nicaraguan news sources reported. According to ACI Prensa, Bishop Álvarez, of the Diocese of Matagalpa, in Managua, was released Monday, July 3 but returned to custody…
Sofia Zate After 28 years in media, former Highland Radio host Shaun Doherty has traded the microphone for the pulpit. Fr Doherty was ordained in St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry earlier this month after six years of formation. Fr Doherty served as the host of the popular Shaun Doherty Show on Highland Radio, broadcasting to…
The Colombian Bishops’ Conference (CEC) will formally collaborate in the search for disappeared persons as a result of the guerrilla warfare in the country. Their remains could be in common graves or buried in cemeteries but without having been identified. In Latin America, someone who “was disappeared” means that the person was kidnapped and very…
The Church must encourage young people in the Faith if it is to have a future, Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin said on pastoral visit to Gurranabraher parish. Bishop Gavin presented two young members of the Cork parish community with their John Paul II awards during his visit. Adam Sorenson and Paul Sunday,…
Members of Queen’s University Belfast’s Catholic chaplaincy celebrated in style as they graduated on July 7. Chaplain Fr Dominic McGrattan and Director of Campus Ministry Shannon Campbell joined the students as they marked the completion of their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the Belfast college. “Your achievements are all the more impressive given the challenges…
Grand re-openings don’t always happen all at once. In the case of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, which was nearly destroyed in a July 2020 arson fire, its reintroduction to the public has happened gradually, carefully, in stages. First, there was the closing of the mission’s 250th anniversary Jubilee Year in September 2022, when the restored…
Kerry diocese appointments announced Two priests are to retire from the priesthood in Kerry diocese, as clergy face an “extra workload”, the bishop of Kerry has announced. Bishop Ray Browne thanked Fr Denis O’Mahony and Fr Martin Sheehan for their “great service” over many years. However, the retirements mean two more parishes will be without…
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