On Sunday, July 11, the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) called on Cubans to continue to pressure Cuban communist authorities to open general elections after thousands of people took the streets of major local cities to protest the unprecedented scarcity of essentials and the death rate produced by Covid-19. After months of food and medicine shortages…
The Basilica of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina gave thanks to Our Lady after Argentina’s victory over Brazil in the Copa América football championship. Taking to Twitter, the basilica said “with great joy and gratitude we salute” Selección de fútbol de Argentina [Argentina’s national football team] for their win. They added: “We give thanks…
Sr Beatrice (Emma) Brady’s home parish of Drumlane, Co. Cavan, have praised the “courageous young woman” who professed her vows at the Co. Waterford Cistercian convent, July 11. Fr Gerry Comiskey of Drumlane shared the parish’s congratulations and best wishes to Sr Beatrice, saying they were praying for her. Fr Enda Murphy, who works for…
In an abandoned mall on the outskirts of Beirut, an image of St Thérèse of Lisieux hangs in the window of what was once a storefront. This former clothing store now serves as home for Christian refugees who have been hit hard by the inflation caused by Lebanon’s severe economic depression. The living conditions for…
Pope Francis will visit Scotland for a “very short time” in November, a spokesperson for the Scottish bishops’ conference revealed on Monday. The Pope is due to attend the Glasgow-based 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) taking place November 1-12. “The Pope will be in Scotland for a very short time, most of which will…
“Blessed are the peacemakers,” Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin said Sunday, July 11, as he prayed for “all who seek to resolve differences and conflict through peacekeeping, respectful dialogue and negotiation instead of resorting to violence and oppression”. Last weekend saw the National Day of Commemoration held in Collins Barracks, in honour of the men…
More than 4,000 people have signed a petition requesting that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cease blaming the Catholic Church for the country’s residential school system. The residential school system was set up by the Canadian government, beginning in the 1870s, as a means of forcibly assimilating indigenous children and stripping them of familial and…
A Belarusian bishops’ spokesman downplayed a police raid on Minsk’s Catholic cathedral, although a prominent lay Catholic warned arrests elsewhere suggested the move could signal further police action. “We don’t really know what the police were seeking,” Father Yuri Sanko, spokesman for the Minsk-based bishops’ conference, told Catholic News Service July 8, four days after police arrived…
The World Health Organisation and UNAIDS have joined Irish religious orders and charities in calling the Irish Government to “take a stand for fairness” over Covid-19 vaccine inequity. Trócaire, Oxfam Ireland, the Association of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) and other organisations launched the People’s Vaccine Alliance July 8, along with Dr Mike Ryan…
Pope offers condolences after assassination of Haiti’s president In a telegram addressed to the Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti, Pope Francis said “Upon hearing the news of the heinous assassination of His Excellency Mr Jovenel Moïse, President of Haiti,” he offers his condolences “to the Haitian people and to his wife, who was also seriously wounded…
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