Gurranabraher parish, Co. Cork, received the funds from the Heritage Council of Ireland, having discovered that the Church gates were created in 1905 by a renowned local craftsman. Fr Tom Walsh PP at the Church of Ascension Parish said they were surprised to discover the “treasure in their midst”, when a parishioner told them the…
As a consequence of the US Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling June 17 in Fulton v. Philadelphia, faith-based and other agencies across the country may not be forced by a government agency to violate their deeply held beliefs against placing children in households led by same-sex or cohabitating adults. In a decision seen as a victory…
The bishops have called on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine at their summer conference. The bishops discussed the humanitarian crisis that exists “due to violence between Israel and Palestine,” according to a statement released following the bishops’ meeting. Their meeting called for an “end to violence on all sides and for a…
A Twitter account associated with TG4 was found to have violated Twitter guidelines with a video of social media personality James Kavanagh doing a skit of Catholic ceremonies. BLOC TG4 posted a video which saw Mr Kavanagh performing an ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) rendition of the Our Father, as he sat with a crucifix…
Catholic bishops will consecrate the Middle East to the Holy Family on June 27. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem announced details of the act of consecration, which will take place in the Year of St Joseph, in a June 11 letter to his brother bishops. Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa indicated that it would take place during…
Writing to his peers, Catholics who have reached a venerable age like he has, Pope Francis told older Catholics that God is close to them and still has plans for their lives. “I was called to become the Bishop of Rome when I had reached, so to speak, retirement age, and thought I would not…
In a 7-2 decision June 17, the US Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, saying the states that sued over the law did not have the legal right to do so. In the case, California v. Texas, the plaintiffs – 18 Republican states and two individuals – argued that the law’s…
The UK’s Anscombe Bioethics Centre has hit out against the UK government’s proposal to make the Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for care home staff and other healthcare workers. The Anscombe Bioethics Centre is the national Catholic bioethics centre for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is based in Oxford. In a statement, Director David Jones said…
A Colombian priest who dedicated years of his life to reducing violence at soccer stadiums died in Bogotá, where he was mourned at a church by hundreds of parishioners, including some wearing jerseys of the city’s two biggest soccer clubs. Msgr Alirio López, 66, was one of the first public personalities in Colombia to address…
Pope: Don’t forget workers left on to the margins by pandemic Pope Francis addressed an International Labour Organisation (ILO) summit last Thursday, calling for dignified working conditions and support for workers on the margins of the labour market still affected by pandemic losses. “In 2020, we saw an unprecedented loss of employment all over the…
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