Tyrone’s All-Ireland victory over Mayo has been received in a spirit of humility, with Tyrone star Conor Meyler saying the team are “so grateful” for all of the prayers and support received from their county-men and women. “As a team, we’re so grateful and feel blessed with the huge support and prayers that we have…
Drug-related crime and addiction is “as bad as he’s seen it” since he started drug-related pastoral work in the mid-90s, Bishop Michael Router told this paper. Bishop Router has been calling for greater focus in the funding and resourcing of family support networks amid growing drug-related crime and anti-social behaviour in the island’s north-east. Speaking…
It is important to have a “clear vision for diocesan schools”, according to Bishop Denis Nulty of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, who praised St Mary’s Knockbeg College, Co. Carlow for being “equipped for the next century”. Knockbeg College marked a milestone with an official opening ceremony for their multi-million-euro extension and restoration works…
The Diocese of Down and Connor enjoyed “glorious” music and a “jubilant atmosphere” at an event marking the beginning of the Season of Creation in Belfast. The liturgy for the beginning of the Season of Creation in the diocese took place in St Peter’s Cathedral on Wednesday, September 1. Paula McKeown of Living Church in…
A UN role aimed at promoting freedom of expression given to former Minister for Children Katherine Zappone, which she stepped down from after public outcry, should encompass efforts to defend freedom of religion according to Charlie Flanagan TD. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Mr Flanagan, who is a former Minister for Foreign Affairs and is…
In a raft of future plans, the inclusion of women in leadership roles “as equal members of the Church” will be one of the key priorities for the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. A four-year listening process aimed at moving towards a Church that will better serve the people and communities of the archdiocese was…
More than 40 young people from the Neocatechumenal Way from the Diocese of Cork and Ross went on pilgrimage from Cork to Ardmore and then on to Mount Melleray to celebrate the opening of St Declan’s Way. Since 2013 hundreds of young people from the Neocatechumenal Way in Ireland have been following the lives and…
The Biden administration September 9 sued Texas over its new law prohibiting most abortions after the detection of a foetal heartbeat. In a complaint filed in a federal district court in West Texas, the Justice Department said the state acted “in open defiance of the Constitution” in restricting “most pre-viability abortions.” “The Act is clearly…
Pope Francis is to receive President Michael D. Higgins in private audience at the Vatican tomorrow (Friday). As part of his visit to the Vatican, Mr Higgins will also meet with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. A communique from Áras an Uachtaráin said that the president will discuss with Pope Francis issues such as…
The bishops’ conference of Belarus accused state media of stoking anti-Catholic feeling, after an official newspaper equated priests with Nazis in a front-page cartoon. “This publication inflicts moral damage on Christians of all denominations – it deliberately, maliciously distorts the truth,” the conference said September 7. “A caricature in which the cross turns into a…
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