The church – the first dedicated to “St Patriky, the Enlightener of Ireland” by an Eastern Orthodox Church – was blessed and officially opened on the grounds of an Irish-funded orphanage in Belarus. The Church of St Patrick at Vesnova, in southern Belarus, was funded by the Belarusian Orthodox Church, and was dedicated to the…
A new report has revealed that Churches will be “vital” in helping to restore “individual and community wellbeing” and building resilience. The research, carried out by the University of York in England, saw over 5,500 people surveyed from across a range of backgrounds, and the results disclosed the impact closing churches had on social contact…
We cannot be indifferent to “the cries of… the unborn who may be denied life”, said Bishop Brendan Leahy, adding that an Ireland “worth working for” is one where all life matters. The bishop’s statement came on the third anniversary of the referendum that removed protections for the unborn in Ireland, May 25. Bishop Leahy…
The Catholic Lawyers Corporation of Argentina filed a writ of amparo on May 18 contending that recent health regulations decreed during the Covid-19 pandemic “flagrantly violate” the free exercise of worship and religion. An increase of coronavirus cases in April, especially in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, which accounts for 40% of the country’s population,…
Legendary gambler, trainer and man of faith Barney Curley who died on Sunday aged 81, has been honoured for his “unusual talents” and the “amazing” things he did for the poor. Charity Born and brought up in Irvinestown in Co. Fermanagh, Mr Curley’s dramatic battles with bookies are the stuff of legend, particularly the Yellow…
Well-known US musician Natalie Bergman has opened up about the influence of God in her most recent album which was written after a spiritual retreat to a Catholic monastery in New Mexico. While Ms Bergman is best known for her role in folk pop duo Wild Belle, alongside her brother Elliot, Mercy is the first…
Some 400 people attended, Germany’s Third Ecumenical Convention in Frankfurt including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, that concluded May 16, but Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg, head of the Catholic bishops’ commission on ecumenical relations, told the website katholisch.de that he could not see that the convention gave a particular boost to ecumenism. In terms of…
An “avalanche” of baptisms is due in the Traveller community of Dublin archdiocese due to the Baptism ban. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr Paul O’Driscoll of the Parish of the Travelling People said the large number of coming baptisms is because “Traveller families tend to be larger than general”. As well as this,…
The newly appointed bishop of Hong Kong gave a press conference Tuesday in which he said he believed that prudence and dialogue were a way forward in the challenges facing his diocese. Bishop-elect Stephen Chow Sau-yan told journalists May 18 that he did not think it would be wise to comment on especially controversial issues,…
A court has issued an order against a suspected loyalist agent holding him liable for the unlawful killing of three Catholics in Co. Armagh, according to The Irish News. The judgment has been issued in respect of Mid-Ulster loyalists Alan Oliver, Anthony McNeill and Thomas Harper. Mr Oliver, now a born-again Christian, is a suspected…
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