Cardinal Parolin urges cooperation and friendship in North Korea speech The Vatican Secretary of State said last week that the Holy See supports cooperation over confrontation in efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula. Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivered a virtual keynote speech to the South Korean government’s annual forum to discuss issues…
Peace Prize nominee urges Biden to protect Iraqi Christians After the last US forces left Afghanistan last week, an interfaith coalition implored President Joe Biden to keep American troops in Iraq to protect Christians and other persecuted religious minorities. “We beseech you on behalf of two historic and endangered peoples, Assyrian Christians and Yazidis, to…
Irish bishops have paid tribute to Pat Hume, who died yesterday, with the Primate of All-Ireland remembering her as “a friend to all who suffered during Troubled times”. Following a short illness and surrounded by family, the mother-of-five Mrs Hume passed away in her home in Derry on Thursday, September 2. She was the wife…
Bishop Robert Barron said Tuesday that the Harvard University chaplains made a “complete and abject surrender” by electing an atheist as the president of their association. “What does bother me,” Bishop Barron wrote in an August 31 op-ed for the New York Post, “is the complete and abject surrender on the part of the presumably…
Homeless campaigners question why State won’t build on existing land Leading homelessness campaigners have questioned why the Government is turning to the Church asking for land for housing when the State is sitting on vast swathes of available land. Insisting that the Church and faith-inspired agencies should and will continue to play their part in…
A renowned US exorcist has warned that as Christianity declines in the Western world the need for exorcists increases and that he has been receiving calls from people in Ireland who could not find assistance. Licensed psychologist Msgr Stephen Rossetti, president and founder of the St Michael Centre for Spiritual Renewal in Washington DC, said Irish bishops “need to get together” and…
As Fine Gael and the Green Party are locked in disagreement over rural housing policy, Fr Harry Bohan said it’s important to give people the opportunity to live in villages. Fine Gael’s Junior Housing Minister Peter Burke said recently he expects one-off rural houses to make up 25% of new builds. However, the Green Party…
Catholic youth group Pure in Heart has said that more than consent is desirable prior to sexual activity, in response to new research which revealed that many teenagers do not believe it is always necessary to gain consent before engaging in a sexual activity with someone. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, General Manager of…
Parishes in the Republic are expected to be able to have churches up to 50% full from next week. As The Irish Catholic went to press this week the Cabinet was poised to announce a further easing of restrictions on religious and other gatherings and permit a phased return to out-of-school activities for children. Sacraments…
The people of the Caribbean nation are barely hanging on, having suffered “one thing after the next” in the last decade, said a Haiti-based aid worker. Makayla Palazzo, an aid-worker for Concern US, told The Irish Catholic that the people are in “shock and disbelief” after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which killed over 2,200 people,…
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