Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon has been forced to shut the doors to its chapel after a HIQA inspection found “poor practice” in the area of fire safety there. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice said that his understanding was that the choice facing the hospital was that they…
Carol Glatz MARSEILLE, France – Pope Francis arrived in the ancient port city of Marseille September 22 for a two-day visit that was to focus on the plight of migrants and other opportunities and threats facing the Mediterranean Sea and the nations along its shores. It was his 44th apostolic journey abroad. Riding in a…
Over 600 Rathmines parishioners celebrated the parish’s 200th anniversary on Saturday, September 17, with a Mass and reception in the Church of Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners. Fr Andrew O’Sullivan, parish priest in Dublin, celebrated the anniversary Mass, which the parish spent months preparing for. A number of museum and reliquary displays, including one exhibiting…
The relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis, described by Pope Francis as a “model for the young”, drew thousands to Knock Shrine for Mass and veneration. Principal celebrant at Mass was the bishop of Blessed Acutis’ hometown of Assisi, Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, who along with Msgr Anthony Figueiredo accompanied the young man’s relics on a tour…
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the woman twice arrested for silent prayer outside UK abortion clinics, has received a police apology and confirmation that she will not face charges for violating a local ‘buffer zone’ protection order. Though Ms Vaughan-Spruce said she would return to the clinic to pray, she warned that her treatment has implications for the…
The “destruction” of an enclave of 120,000 Armenian Christians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region is imminent, warns Siobhan Nash-Marshall, a US-based human rights advocate. “The impact of the recent attacks and subsequent disarmament will almost certainly result in the destruction of the people of Artsakh,” Ms Nash-Marshall told CNA. In 2011, Ms Nash-Marshall founded the Christians…
We all share blame for road accidents – bishop All road users must accept their “collective responsibility” for road traffic accidents, Bishop of Killaloe Fintan Monahan has said. His comments come in the wake of a spate of deaths and injuries resulting from collisions and accidents on Irish roads. After our immediate reaction to the…
Church leaders are hopeful that more and more parishioners will step up and preside at funerals to ease the burden on overworked priests, with two dioceses already commissioning laypeople to take charge where there is no priest. More than 70 new lay leaders in Clogher and Down and Connor dioceses are undertaking training to preside…
A priest who has played a prominent role in peace-building efforts in the North has criticised as a “major oversight” the use of the phrase “both communities” in the announcement of the EU’s ‘Peace Plus’ funding. Fr Martin Magill of St John’s on Falls Road said that the €1bn peace fund came as a “relief”…
The Dominican Order in Ireland continues to see vocations’ success as it recently welcomed two new novices and saw the first profession of three new brothers. The Dominicans currently have 17 brothers in varying stages of formation with another man due to be ordained October 1. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, the order’s vocations…
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