Thousands attended the March for Life in Dublin on Saturday with attendees walking from St Stephen’s Green to Leinster House to call on the Government to address the large increase in abortions in Ireland as well as to push for positive alternatives to abortion. Eilís Mulroy of the Pro Life Campaign, organisers of the march,…
A selection of 21 penal crosses have been taken out of storage and put on display until the end of October at the Mayo branch of the National Museum of Ireland. The crosses, dating back to the early 18th to the middle of the 19th Century, can be seen at ‘Country Life’ in Turlough Park,…
Holy See and Kazakhstan strengthen collaboration On Wednesday, 14 September, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the capital Nur-Sultan, an agreement was signed between the Holy See and the Republic of Kazakhstan. A statement from the Holy See Press Office said that the agreement was signed on behalf of the Holy…
Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan — Arriving in Kazakhstan, a country that borders Russia, Pope Francis said he came as a “pilgrim of peace” at a time when “our world urgently needs peace; it needs to recover harmony”. “I am visiting you in the course of the senseless and tragic war that broke out with the invasion…
Wexford parish announces parish prayer mission Wexford parish is hosting a week-long mission of prayer October 2-9 that will be a time of “celebration, belonging and renewal”. ‘A Mission for All’ begins Sunday October 2, and includes talks, Mass, visits to schools, faith testimonies and more. Bishop of Ferns Ger Nash will open an icon…
The country’s largest diocese is to push ahead with “crucial” plans to make First Holy Communion ceremonies simpler and more parish-based, despite fewer priests and parish pastoral workers. Dublin Diocese is reacting after many priests and parishioners reported that smaller ceremonies – necessitated by Covid-19 postponements – were better because they focused on the importance…
Refugees from the war in Ukraine have benefitted from Ireland’s “world-famous hospitality”, Ukrainian Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski has said in a message. He warned however that the struggle for freedom isn’t over yet, while the cost of rebuilding will be “unimaginable”. The message from Bishop Nowakowski, Apostolic visitor for Ukrainians Resident in Ireland and Northern Ireland,…
Training of lay people to prepare them to lead liturgies in the absence of priests will begin in autumn, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty has said. Bishop Nulty envisages that the “lay leader” would, as part of a local team, “stand in on the priest’s day off or during the weekdays of his…
As the energy crisis deepens rural priests have hit out at Environment Minister Eamon Ryan’s proposed retail ban on turf, saying that it’d be “very hard” to ask people to switch due to the soaring cost of heating alternatives. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Limerick-based Fr Joe Tynan said that rural communities traditionally depended…
Increased Government investment in primary schools is “essential” or else schools will be forced to rely on the “bank of mum and dad”, a Catholic management body has warned. Capitation rates need an “immediate” increase of 50% to €275 per pupil and an increase of 10% across other capitation rates, the Catholic Primary Schools Management…
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