The Papal Nuncio to Ireland visited Co. Down to participate in a new initiative for the renewal of faith through an all-island novena, following in the steps of St Patrick. Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo visited St Patrick’s Church in Saul on the feast of Candlemas as part of the novena and was welcomed by Fr…
Two Jesuit priests were murdered in a rugged region of Mexico rife with violence as they provided refuge to a person being pursued by a gunman, according to the Society of Jesus and state officials. Jesuit Frs Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar died defending their parish in the community of Cerocahui in…
Newcestown parish in Co. Cork marked the 150th anniversary of St John the Baptist Church and the 50th anniversary of Bishop Galvin Central School Friday, June 24. Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin and Fr Bernard Cotter PP concelebrated Mass, before the bishop planted a tree on the school grounds to mark the special…
In a 6-3 decision last week the US Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v Wade that legalised abortion in the US. The move has been widely welcomed by Irish pro-life activists. The court’s 213-page ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation was not totally unexpected due to the leak of…
Keith Burnside, radio and broadcast journalist at Ulster TV and BBC TV Ulster, retired after 44 years. He elaborated on his faith in an interview on the BBC’s Sunday Sequence. “My faith is important to me. I’m a regular churchgoer. I respect faith. I believe, and I continue to believe and pray. “I wouldn’t be…
Chairman and former editor of the Irish News Jim Fitzpatrick has died. Mr Fitzpatrick, 92, had owned the newspaper since the early 1980s. Great privilege Taoiseach Micheál Martin led tributes, saying that he had the “great privilege” of knowing Mr Fitzpatrick for many years, and that he was “in every respect, a true gentleman”. “In…
One of the most finely illustrated medieval manuscripts has been digitised by the Library of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) for the first time. Created by the renowned Benedictine monk and scribe of the 13th Century, Matthew Paris, the Book of St Albans features 54 individual works of medieval art that have fascinated readers throughout the…
In a 6-3 decision today (Friday), the US Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe vs Wade that legalised abortion in the US. The move has been widely welcomed by Irish pro-life activists. The court’s 213-page ruling in Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Organisation was not totally unexpected due to the leak of…
Jason Osborne in Athlone The need for an ambitious plan of adult faith formation has emerged as one of the key themes from the national pre-synodal gathering in Athlone. Church leaders described as “heartening” the appetite parishioners displayed to deepen their faith. While a report will now be sent to Rome to form the Irish…
The Nigerian government must act to stop the spread of Islamic fundamentalism, as Christians live in a “climate of fear”, the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) have said. AMRI’s June 16 statement comes in the wake of the “atrocious” massacre of 40 Catholics June 5 by Islamic fundamentalists in St…
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