The Augustinian order have made the “painful” decision to withdraw friars from Rivermount Parish in Finglas and Meath Street parish in the Liberties. The decision came following the order’s chapter last week, as it seeks to downsize due to a decline in the number of friars. Prior provincial Fr Tony Egan OSA told this paper…
The iconic Collegiate Chapel of St Finbarr – better known as the Honan Chapel at University College Cork – reopened in March, after a €1.2 million refurbishment. Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin celebrated Mass to mark a new chapter in the chapel’s 106-year-old story. The occasion was also marked with a dinner in…
Oregon has dropped its residency requirement for assisted suicide, meaning doctors will be allowed to prescribe lethal drugs to people who do not reside in the state. In response to a federal lawsuit, the state agreed to stop enforcing the residency requirement, March 28. In addition, the Oregon Health Authority agreed to write a bill…
Pope Francis to visit Indigenous peoples in Canada in July Pope Francis has said that he will travel to Canada in the summer, possibly for the feast of St Anne on July 26. He made the announcement during a meeting with Canadian Indigenous leaders at the Vatican on April 1. “You have brought the living…
At the 15th annual John Paul II awards ceremony in Derry, Fr Peter McVerry commended the recipients of the awards for reaching out to their parishes and communities. In reaching out, Fr McVerry said, “they were meeting Jesus in those they encountered”. Fr McVerry was the guest speaker at the ceremony, and along with Bishop…
The verdict in the closely watched trial of a Finnish Christian MP was announced on Wednesday. A court in Helsinki dismissed all charges against Päivi Räsänen, a physician and mother of five, and Juhana Pohjola, a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, after a free speech trial that drew international attention. The court said in…
Former Ireland international and Birmingham City player Keith Fahey has urged young people to keep God at the centre of their lives and not to be sucked in by addiction or materialism. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Mr Fahey – who was capped for the Republic of Ireland 16 times – said he was on…
The Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions devastated rural communities, leaving some towns lying empty and derelict, but parishes now say they are hopeful of a summer boost having “weathered the storm”. Fr John Joe Duffy of Creeslough, Co. Donegal, told The Irish Catholic “it’s tearing the heart out of rural communities to see them lying empty…
Staff reporter Controversial actor Will Smith, who was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the biographical sports drama film King Richard, celebrated his first Oscar by saying that he was “overwhelmed” by what God was calling on him to do and be in this world during his acceptance…
Staff reporter Archbishop Dermot Farrell has criticised Russia’s Vladimir Putin as an “unjust aggressor” and warned that the crisis facing Europe with the invasion of Ukraine parallels the Second World War. The Archbishop of Dublin was speaking in Sacred Heart Church in Donnybrook as he led a solemn act of consecration of both Ukraine and…
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