“Who here wants to be happy?” Bishop Fintan Gavin asked as over 500 young people “lit up” the stage in Cork City Hall with a concert for Maranatha 2026 on February 26. The bishop addressed the students there to present, as well as the hundreds gathered to watch the show, inviting them to reflect on…
Northern Ireland is, by a very long distance, the most religiously affiliating region of the United Kingdom, with just 24% with no religion, a newly released research report has stated. The equivalent rate for the Republic is 32% identifying with no religion over the same period examined by the researchers, who add: “Meanwhile, a third…
The Evangelium young adult apologetics conference will take place in Cork on Saturday, March 21, marking the first time the annual gathering has been held outside the Dublin area. The event will bring together young adults aged 18–40 for a day of Mass, talks and discussion aimed at deepening understanding of the Catholic faith. Public…
Thousands gathered at the RDS this past weekend for the 35th Divine Mercy Conference, as pilgrims and faithful from across Ireland and abroad came together for prayer, worship and reflection on this year’s theme – ‘This is my Body… this is my Blood, given up for you’. The annual gathering brought together families, young people…
Thousands gathered at the RDS in Dublin this weekend for the 35th Divine Mercy Conference, joining in prayer, worship and reflection under this year’s theme, ‘This is my Body… this is my Blood, given up for you’. Attendees travelled from across Ireland and abroad for a programme of Mass, Eucharistic adoration, music and talks centred…
Two prominent Catholic cardinals have expressed their profound concern and sorrow over a recently announced decision by the Society of St Pius X — which rejects the authority of the Second Vatican Council — to ordain bishops this summer without papal approval. “The only solution possible in conscience before God is for the Society of…
The Vatican on February 25 announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, confirming the pontiff will visit Monaco, Spain and four African nations — Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. The announcement sets the stage for one of the busiest papal travel schedules in…
The General Secretariat of the Synod today publishes the first two Final Reports of the Study Groups established by Pope Francis following the First Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops: that of Study Group No. 3 on The mission in the digital environment and that of Study Group No.…
Two Dublin city centre churches are opening their doors to the tens of thousands of people baptised there as part of a collaborative Lent initiative with the Archdiocese of Dublin. St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral and St Andrew’s, Westland Row are the sites of countless infant baptisms, and starting on March 7, anyone baptised at these two…
Norwegian Bishop Erik Varden preached a series of meditations for the first Lenten retreat of Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia, reflecting on the splendor of truth and the Christian idea of freedom, as well as sin, abuse and Church corruption. Bishop Varden of Trondheim, a Trappist monk, shared wisdom from contemplative life during…
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