Italy’s central region of Lazio, which includes Rome, is offering up to €2,000 to couples who choose to marry there, as part of its ‘In Lazio with love’ scheme. The regional authorities have allocated €10 million in funds as part of their plans to support companies and services in the badly affected “wedding supply chain”…
The Primate of All-Ireland joined with government leaders in the North of Ireland who issued a state apology to abuse victims, saying courage and perseverance brought their stories to light and “uncovered the enormity of harshness and brutality” they experienced. Archbishop Eamon Martin said on Friday: “On behalf of the Catholic Church in Ireland, I repeat…
Attendance at Sunday Mass is going to become an “essential expression of faith” after Easter Sunday, the Irish bishops’ conference have announced. It is more than two years since the Sunday obligation – the duty of Catholics to attend Mass on Sunday – was temporarily lifted at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March…
Four men accused of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of the French Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel in 2016 have been convicted. “Justice is done,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said after the verdict on March 9. “[The court] has discerned the good from the bad as much as possible, it has judged and for the good…
A public consultation on whether to introduce exclusion zones around abortion clinics in Northern Ireland has found that only 13 of the 6,412 submissions from members of the public supported the bill. This works out as 0.2% of the total submissions. Despite the strong opposition to the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill, MLAs voted…
Nordic Catholic bishops have issued an open letter expressing alarm at the direction of the German ‘Synodal Way’. In the March 9 letter, they cautioned against “capitulation to the Zeitgeist” and “impoverishment of the content of our faith,” reported CNA Deutsch. While acknowledging the challenges facing the Catholic Church in Germany, they said that “the orientation, method, and…
As fuel prices rise and Covid funding ends, schools are “absolutely dreading” heating bills, with costs for some jumping 100% in two weeks. “We’re in a bad state at the moment,” says Ailish McKeown, principal at Kilskyre NS, Co. Meath. “Our gas bill has gone up 100% in about two weeks. Gas had gone up…
Cardinal Krajewski in Ukraine ‘with the logic of the Gospel’ “I am not a diplomat. I came here with the logic of the Gospel. That’s what Jesus would do. He was always on the side of the people who were suffering. The Holy Father also uses this logic of the Gospel.” This is what the…
Staff reporter The Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative (IBDI) has launched a new podcast to raise awareness about the effects gambling, drugs and alcohol addiction can have on young people’s lives. The first episode of the ‘Leave Your Mark’ podcast saw a discussion between Tyrone GAA midfielder and 2021 All-Ireland winner, Conn Kilpatrick, and 2002 All-Ireland…
The Court of Appeal will hear a case challenging a UK law that allows abortion up to birth for disability after the High Court rejected the case last year. The High Court in London ruled in September 2021 that the law allowing abortion up to birth for disability was not discriminatory. The challenge was brought by Heidi…
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