Blood of martyrs slain by ISIS ‘a seed that will bear rich fruit’ Pope Francis has said that the blood of 21 martyrs killed by ISIS on a Libyan beach in 2015 is “a seed that will bear rich fruit for Christian unity”. In a May 10 letter to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II,…
Judge sets bail of $1.6 million for Italian broker A UK judge has set a bail of $1.6 million for Gianluigi Torzi, the businessman who helped to broker the Vatican’s controversial purchase of a London investment property. Judge Paul Goldspring ordered the broker to put up the sum because he feared that Mr Torzi was…
After two gardaí were shot and injured yesterday evening, May 25, Archbishop Dermot Farrell thanked God there was no loss of life
Prayer is not a magic wand or a way to ask God to be at one’s service, Pope Francis said
World-famous conservationist Dr Jane Goodall was announced Thursday May 20 the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Templeton Prize. She is the first ethologist and fourth woman to win the prestigious award, worth over $1.5 million (€1.2 million). Considered a leading expert in chimpanzees, Dr Goodall joins Mother Teresa, the first recipient of the award, and…
As more Europeans are vaccinated and coronavirus cases continue to decrease, organisers of the upcoming 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, are optimistic that pilgrims will be able attend the event in September in person rather than online. At a news conference in Budapest May 13, the organisers told journalists they are preparing for an “offline…
An Irish nun in the Holy Land has called on the Irish Government to use its influence to help restart the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Sligo-born Sr Bridget Tighe told The Irish Catholic that the underlying problem beneath the current flare up is that “There is no peace process anymore” between…
There are growing calls for a priest who was killed while facing down a “hail of bullets” to anoint a wounded parishioner in Belfast to be recognised as a martyr. Fr Hugh Mullan was one of the ten people shot dead by the British Army during the Ballymurphy Massacre in 1971. Last week an inquest…
Spirit Radio host Wendy Grace has hit out at the “unnecessarily cruel” restrictions on maternity care throughout the pandemic. The restrictions include the exclusion of fathers from attending pregnancy appointments and the early stages of labour. Nervous Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Mrs Grace said she is seven months pregnant herself with her third baby,…
The bishop of Down and Connor’s statement came after a representative from the Holy See warned the EU’s security organisation that ‘hate speech’ laws are often used to “frighten or intimidate Christians”. Intolerance for public, faith-based opinions is “often advanced through accusations of ‘hatred’ or ‘hate speech’, equating religious beliefs to hate and thus depicting…
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