Liam Fitzpatrick Bishop Noel Treanor, bishop of Down and Connor, welcomed the development of Elective Overnight Stay Centres in Mater Hospital, Belfast, noting the hospital’s “long and distinguished history” in providing care. “This new service underpins the key role of the hospital as a provider of care and treatment to those in need and as…
Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, is resolute in the wake of tragedy. St Francis Xavier Church in Ondo, where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass, will reopen by autumn. “We’ll resume full activities as it has always been,” Bishop Arogundade told Catholic News Service June 28…
Calls for Church solidarity following Texas truck deaths The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck. Authorities said June 28 the death toll had risen to at least 53. Originally, first responders pulled…
We have a moral responsibility to ensure a decent standard of living for all, the Catholic charity insists, writes Ruadhán Jones Last year was an extraordinary one for the Society of St Vincent de Paul, according to its National President Rose McGowan. The Catholic charity received a record 191,000 calls for help, and it expects…
Thousands of people from around Ireland flocked to Dublin city centre on Saturday to urge both the Government and the Irish public to “rethink abortion”. The crowd assembled at Parnell square before marching down O’Connell Street and onto Custom House Quay. Speaking in St Saviour’s Church and Dominican priory ahead of the march, Archbishop of…
Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision June 24, attacks on Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centres have been reported in West Virginia, Washington, Virginia, Louisiana, Colorado, California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Indiana. Below are the latest recorded attacks since the decision. St Patrick Catholic Church in Philadelphia was defaced with pro-abortion…
More than 100 people, including Church and State dignitaries, attended a farewell gathering for Papal Nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, June 29. Archbishop Okolo, who spent some six years as nuncio to Ireland having arrived in 2017, is leaving soon to take up a new posting in Czechia. The Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop…
Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic have warned that disrupted food and fuel supplies during the war in Ukraine are undermining the quest for peace and stability. They said the Central African Republic was not becoming economically self-sufficient and, “like the other countries, it is undergoing convulsions from the Ukrainian crisis. Marked by our…
Pope pens new liturgy letter Pope Francis published a letter on the liturgy June 29, nearly one year after he issued the motu proprio Traditionis custodes, restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. In the 15-page apostolic letter, Desiderio Desideravi, the Pope said he wanted “to invite the whole Church to rediscover, to safeguard, and to…
Major climate award for Shankill parish An initiative of Shankill Parish in Co. Dublin has won a prestigious European Churches environmental award for its work tackling climate change. At the recent virtual meeting of the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN), Shankill Action for a Green Earth (SAGE) was the joint winner of the Roman Juriga…
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