The Church is “missing a trick” by failing to engage more young people with Catholic teaching on care for creation, a Trócaire representative has said following an Irish delegation’s visit to Luxembourg’s English speaking Catholic Community. Jane Mellett joined Bishop Martin Hayes of Kilmore and Irish parish volunteers for a series of events last week…
Over 200 people gathered for Le Chéile II, a day for Parish Pastoral Council members in the diocese of Clonfert, Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. The event took place last Saturday, October 12, in Loughrea, Co. Galway. Opening the day, Bishop Michael Duignan spoke of the challenges ahead, including fewer priests, and the vital role that…
Moral Theologian at the University of Notre Dame, Prof. Paul Scherz, explored how technology might reshape human relationships, moral judgment, and character at a theology conference in Trinity College on October 9-10 titled ‘Artificial and Intelligent? Being Human in the Age of AI’. The conference was inspired by Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas and explored “what…
A Limerick Diocesan Synod will be held on March 13, 2027, Bishop Brendan Leahy has announced, as the diocese prepares for the next stages of the Irish Synodal Pathway. The announcement came at the Diocese of Limerick’s annual assembly, which brought together clergy, parish volunteers and ministry leaders from across 60 parishes to review the…
Marking Prisoner’s Sunday, October 11, Bishop Martin Hayes of Kilmore, who serves as the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference Liaison Bishop to the Irish Prison Service, brought attention to the living conditions of prisoners in Ireland. “While we must always keep in mind the victims of crime,” the bishop said in a statement, “[we] must be…
Why are fewer young people choosing to marry in the Catholic Church, and how does contemporary society understand the relationship between sexuality, procreation, and the sacrament of marriage? Those are among the questions addressed at an international gathering on the family at the Vatican, which took place through October 14 with the participation of presidents…
Shortly after Pope Leo XIV announced he will undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule, Catholic bishops, clergy, religious and other faithful in the US and Canada offered their promise of prayers for his recovery. The 71-year-old pope disclosed during his October 11 Angelus address that doctors had found a “localised nodule” in his lung.…
The Archdiocese of St Louis has filed a lawsuit against the federal government alleging that a local immigration detention facility in Missouri is preventing priests from administering the sacraments to detainees. The lawsuit was filed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, SE Division against high ranking members of the…
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ”inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. In a post on X, the American pope quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by Pope Francis that…
Many Catholics in Australia who do not regularly go to Sunday Mass still pray, believe Jesus is the Son of God, and say their faith matters, according to a study released October 7 by the country’s bishops. The report, ‘Absent from the Table: Catholics in Australia Who Do Not Regularly Attend Sunday Mass,’ was commissioned…
Renata Steffens