The Laudate Festival was celebrated for the fifth time in Dublin archdiocese this week. A diocesan celebration of Catholic primary schools that brings children, schools communities, families and parishes together to praise God and take time for reflection, a choir of hundreds of children from 25 Catholic primary schools in the archdiocese led singing as…
Anglicans and Catholics in the US are continuing to discern “the Spirit at work” in each other, a number of ecumenical experts told OSV News. Over the past several years, the US Catholic Conference of Bishops and the Anglican Church in North America have moved from an initial “meet and greet … to really looking…
Some 14 schools in the North received the ‘Spirit of Catholic Education’ award, January 30, recognising their commitment to promoting the Catholic ethos. The awards, organised by Down and Connor, paid tribute to the schools for their “inspiring work”, a statement from the diocese said. “These schools are receiving the award in recognition of their…
Cardinal Zen hospitalised in Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen has been hospitalised in Hong Kong after his health deteriorated upon returning from Benedict XVI’s funeral in Rome. The 91-year-old cardinal wrote on his blog on January 31 that he is receiving treatment in the hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing. Cardinal Zen said that the doctors…
Pro-life TD to head Oireachtas committee on assisted suicide Kerry Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has been appointed chair of the special Oireachtas Committee on assisted suicide and euthanasia. It was recommended in 2021 that the Committee be established to undertake an in-depth examination of the topic after an earlier piece of legislation, proposed by Gino…
New head for Vatican body overseeing selection of bishops Pope Francis has chosen Chicago-born Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, to succeed Canadian Cardinal Ouellet as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. The Vatican announced on January 30 the retirement of Cardinal Ouellet and the appointment…
EXCLUSIVE Many members of religious orders say they feel “hurt and dismayed” that a new initiative designed to promote vocations will not include them and only promote diocesan priesthood, The Irish Catholic has been told. It is understood that many religious congregations feel that the ‘Year of Vocations’, which is due to begin on April…
The Church in Ireland should pause its national synod until the conclusion of the global process, the Secretary General of the Vatican Synod has suggested. Cardinal Mario Grech recommended that Ireland “proceed at a slower pace” while the global discernment process is ongoing. The Church in Ireland should “wait for the conclusion of the universal…
Catholic schools are not interested in seeing radical gender ideology forced onto pupils, according to a leading voice in Catholic education in Ireland. Speaking on The Week that Really Was podcast, CEO of the Catholic Education Partnership, Alan Hynes, said that with regard to gender theory “we have to avoid teaching as fact stuff that…
The North’s Under Secretary of State has praised how Catholic schools promote reconciliation and integration, ahead of the Good Friday Agreement’s anniversary. Lord Caine joined the DUP’s Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and members of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) in a visit to St Patrick’s Academy, Lisburn, to mark Catholic Schools’ Week. After the…
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