RTÉ are set to broadcast on radio and TV the Irish Kidney Association’s first virtual and 35th Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for organ donors on Sunday, November 15. The interdenominational service, which will be pre-recorded at Newman University Church, will be celebrated by Fr Gary Chamberland of the church, and will feature a…
Pope to Moneyval: merchants must be prevented from ‘speculating’ in the temple It is a task which is “particularly dear to my heart”, carried out “to promote a ‘clean finance’, in which the ‘merchants’ are prevented from speculating in that sacred ‘temple’ which is humanity”. Pope Francis made that remark on Thursday in an address to…
French cardinal says book royalties go to abuse victims A French cardinal who resigned as archbishop of Lyon after being acquitted of failing to report clerical sex abuse said the royalties from his new book would go to abuse victims. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin told France’s RTL radio that the Archdiocese of Lyon would distribute the…
The purpose of crying out to the Lord in prayer is not to get used to suffering, but to remember that God, and not humankind, is the only source of salvation and consolation, Pope Francis said. The Book of Psalms, with its many prayers of supplication, teaches Christians how to ask “God to intervene where…
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…
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