The Pope: Answers is one of Disney’s newest documentaries, and sees Pope Francis explain that the Church cannot allow itself to become merely “a club of nice people”. Released on April 5 and directed by Spanish filmmaker Jordi Évole, the one hour and 23 minute-long documentary shares a conversation between Pope Francis and 10 young…
There were no Easter messages from Ireland’s top politicians this year, with some social media users expressing disappointment that the country’s largest religion wasn’t represented during its most important feast. Only a small number of politicians made mention of Easter, while none of the leaders of the country’s biggest political parties commemorated the occasion. “Wishing…
Pope Francis prayed on Monday for lasting peace in the North, as the island of Ireland marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The Pope included the offering in his Regina Coeli prayer on April 10, saying: “With a grateful spirit, I pray to the God of peace that what was achieved in…
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has revealed that over 8,500 women availed of abortion services in Ireland in 2022. Minister Donnelly revealed the figure on April 4 on RTÉ Radio One’s News at One programme, which sees the number of abortions carried out in Ireland since the law became operational rise to around 28,500. Reacting…
Catholic third-level institution Carlow College, St Patrick’s must address its “overall sustainability”, as engagement on integration continues, Minister Simon Harris has said. The college is engaging in talks with South East Technological University (SETU) on potential incorporation, after the Department for Higher Education increased funding to help “stabilising the cash flow position while the college…
The President of the Legion of Mary, Mary Murphy, has become the first Irish person appointed to the Pontifical Marian Academy International (PAMI). Ms Murphy said it was a “privilege and an honour” to accept the role, announced to her by theologian William Thomas on behalf of PAMI. “I hope I can do it justice,”…
Christo Jivkov, the actor who portrayed St John the evangelist in Mel Gibson’s famous The Passion of the Christ, died March 31 age 48 following a struggle with lung cancer. “My dear friend Christo has lost his heroic battle with cancer. Right to the last moment, he was filled with hope and his spirit was…
Pope Francis has prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped”. “In Jesus the decisive passage of humanity has been made: the passage from death to life, from sin…
Armed bandits killed one person and kidnapped more than 100 others in a March 14 raid on a predominantly Catholic town in north-central Nigeria, according to a Catholic priest and other local sources. Fr Dauda Musa Bahago, a coordinator for the Justice, Development, and Peace Commission, a Catholic aid organisation, told CNA the attack took place…
A Maltese Catholic priest who served as a chaplain in a London hospital received £10,000 (€11,396) in a settlement with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service after he alleged he was fired for expressing the Church’s teaching on homosexuality. Fr Patrick Pullicino, who is also a medical doctor, sued the London NHS Trust for harassment,…
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