The North’s First Minister Arlene Foster has insisted that there is no evidence that the upsurge in coronavirus is linked to places of worship. The Northern Ireland Executive has today agreed a range of significant interventions in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the region. As part of the restrictions, churches will…
Junno Arocho Esteves Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teenager Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi. During Saturday’s beatification Mass, Italian Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal legate for the Basilicas of St Francis and St Mary of the Angels in Assisi, read Pope…
The four archbishops have requested a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in a bid to life the ban on people attending Mass under Level III coronavirus restrictions. Countries with much more stringent guidelines currently in place have not banned public worship and the Republic remains the only place in Europe where Catholics cannot attend Mass…
Missionaries ‘welcome’ but it’s not a sustainable approach, warns Rector The head of the national seminary has insisted that importing priests from overseas is not a solution to the vocations crisis. Fr Tomás Surlis was speaking to The Irish Catholic after the hierarchy announced that 13 men have begun studying for the priesthood for Irish dioceses this…
Two Irish parishes joined forces to raise money for blast-stricken Beirut. The parishes of Headford and Athenry in the Archdiocese of Tuam teamed up to raise funds for the many thousands who were left homeless and in need of basic supplies. Fr Raymond Flaherty of Headford parish, and Fr Jerald David of Athenry parish helmed…
Country superstar Nathan Carter has revealed his hope that a miraculous medal presented to him by his grandfather which the singer later lost is bringing faith and consolation to whoever found it. Speaking on RTÉ’s The Meaning of Life at the weekend, the Co. Fermanagh-based entertainer said that the medal was a cherished possession that…
Places of worship under threat of attack in Northern Ireland were offered reprieve last week as the DUP voiced its support for additional help for these centres of worship. Charity director Tim Martin and policy officer Mark Baille met with First Minister Arlene Foster and other MLAs to discuss CARE NI’s calls for consideration of…
The former Sisters of Mercy convent in Skibbereen which was gutted by a recent fire has been felt as “quite a loss by locals”, according to a respected architectural historian. On Tuesday, September 29, a fire burned through the interior of the convent buildings and chapel, leaving only the stone walls standing. Cork-based architectural historian…
Bishop Kevin Doran has described human rights organisation Amnesty International’s call for universal rights to abortion a “complete contradiction”. The Chairman of the Council for Life’s statement was in response to Amnesty’s announcement of a new abortion policy. The organisation is calling for abortion-on-demand, for any reason, up to birth and to allow sex-selective abortion.…
President Michael D Higgins was one of many who expressed “great sadness” at the Death Sr Mac Curtain, who passed away recently at the age of 91. “I am among the many, in so many parts of Irish society, who will have heard with great sadness of the death of Sr Margaret Mac Curtain, Dominican…
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