Ahead of this weekend’s All-Ireland showdown with Mayo, the Catholic college where many members of the Tyrone team attended has wished them well in the match St Mary’s University College in Belfast boasts 11 former students among the players in the team, and one on the support team. The principal said the entire college community…
The mortal remains of the first three Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered more than two centuries after their deaths, announced the Diocese of Jeonju. Ucanews.com reported that following historical research and DNA tests, it has been confirmed that the remains are of Paul Yun Ji-chung and James Kwon Sang-yeon, both beheaded in 1791, and Yun’s brother,…
Veteran broadcaster Donncha Ó Dúlaing, who died at the weekend, has been remembered as a man who was animated by his deep Catholic Faith. Mr Ó Dúlaing (88) died just a week after his beloved wife Vera. From Doneraile in Co. Cork, he was known for his cultural and traditional music programmes. In a career…
Same-sex couples can now have their marriage blessed by the Church in Wales following a vote earlier in the week. The Church still won’t be performing same-sex marriages, however. The Church in Wales is the Anglican Church in Wales, made up of six dioceses. The Evangelical Fellowship expressed its opposition to the move, saying it…
The Primate of All-Ireland praised St Kolbe as “martyr of love” at a Mass in Warrenpoint, Co. Down, to mark the 80th anniversary of his martyrdom. In his homily September 5, Archbishop Eamon Martin said the Nazis attempted to take away St Kolbe’s humanity, but “what mattered to Fr Maximilian was not number they tattooed…
President Joe Biden last Thursday announced a “whole-of-government” response to “ensure” abortion access in Texas, after the state’s pro-life law went into effect September 1. In a September 2 statement, the president – a Catholic – directed his administration to examine “what steps the Federal Government can take to ensure that women in Texas have…
Mass was recently offered atop Skellig Michael for “a renewal of the faith in the hearts of all those in our hallowed land,” according to the event organiser, David O’Donnell. The third century Monastic site saw nine priests concelebrate the Mass and pray an informal consecration of Ireland to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the…
A Catholic diocese announced last Wednesday that kidnappers had freed a priest seized in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region. In a statement circulated September 1, Fr Sebastine Sinju, chancellor of the Diocese of Mamfe, said that Msgr Julius Agbortoko Abbor was released without payment of a ransom, reported ACI Africa. “After three days in captivity, we are glad…
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded ‘not guilty’ September 3 to several charges of sexual assault, while appearing for the first time in a Massachusetts court. McCarrick, 91, has been charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over the age of 14, incidents which allegedly took place in the 1970s. Each of the…
The Anglican bishop of Ebbsfleet stepped down from office after announcing that he will become a Roman Catholic. The resignation of Bishop Jonathan Goodall was announced by Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury in a September 3 statement released by Lambeth Palace. Bishop Goodall is a former ecumenical secretary to a previous archbishop of Canterbury…
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