Ireland’s gold medallist rowers Fintan McCarthy, Paul O’Donovan, and bronze medallist Emily Hegarty were welcomed back to Skibbereen “with great pride”, according to Aughadown parish priest, Fr Donal Cahill. Great pride “There’s great pride there for them,” Fr Cahill said of the Olympic champions, continuing, “there was a bit of a homecoming last night for…
5th Catholic bishop consecrated under China agreement A Vatican spokesman confirmed July 28 that the fifth bishop to be created under the 2018 Vatican-China deal has been ordained. Anthony Li Hui was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Pingliang by Pope Francis on January 11, according to spokesman Matteo Bruni. Bruni said that Bishop…
After former cabinet minister Katherine Zappone’s controversial appointment as special envoy for freedom of expression was leaked last week, Senator Ronan Mullen has aired concerns about her suitability. Ms Zappone lost her seat in 2020 after having served as the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and is well known for campaigning in favour of…
Ecuadorian priest awarded for feeding hundreds daily The Mayor’s Office of Guayaquil awarded Fr Wilson Malavé Parrales, director of the Lord of Good Hope Soup Kitchen for the Brother in Need, with the Urban Heroes Medal of Merit. The July 25 award ceremony commemorated the 486th anniversary of the founding of the city. The Archdiocese…
The Boston Globe reported July 29 that police in the Boston suburb of Wellesley have charged former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 in a criminal complaint filed by Wellesley Police in a district court in nearby Dedham, Massachusetts. A summons has been issued ordering…
Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin has insisted that more parishes sharing fewer priests will increasingly be the reality in the diocese. As a response to the vocations crisis, he has announced a series of clustering of parishes to share resources and co-ordinate Mass times together. He said the future is going to involve what he…
Many would like to believe the US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalising abortion settled the issue “once and for all”, but instead “all it did was establish a special-rules regime for abortion jurisprudence”, said Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch. This “has left these cases out of step with other court decisions and neutral principles…
The former Police Ombudsman for the North has called for a full international inquiry into the circumstances that led to the Omagh bomb in 1998. Writing in her column in The Irish Catholic, Baroness Nuala O’Loan also criticised plans by the British government to offer an amnesty when it comes to Troubles-related deaths. She accused…
The Columban fathers have received praise for their environmental work and attitudes in an upcoming documentary from Afri. The organisation’s impending Food Sovereignty documentary saw Bobby Pagusara of Sustainable Development Philippines commend the Columbans on their work of instilling environmental consciousness in the Philippines. “The Columbans do very good work here in the Philippines. When…
Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz lifted not only weights, but her entire country following her gold medal success at the Tokyo Olympics. Ms Diaz’s victory came in the women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting event July 26, which saw her set an Olympic record after lifting a combined weight of 224 kg. Following her final lift, Ms Diaz, 30,…
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