The priest who spoke at the ecumenical service of murdered journalist Lyra McKee has said there has been no progress in many areas since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. Fr Martin Magill, who gave a eulogy in Belfast’s St Anne’s Cathedral in memory of the 29-year-old woman killed by a dissident republican group,…
While recent policy changes in the US have left the people of Cuba facing increasing uncertainty, the message of the Catholic Church is always that security is ultimately found in Christ, said a priest from the island nation. “This is the task of the Church: to say that salvation is found only is Jesus, who…
The pro-life party Aontú have condemned the theft and vandalism of local election posters which they say are aimed at destabilising the success of their running candidates. Cathaoirleach of the party, Pádraig Ó hÉacháin, told this newspaper that many posters have been stolen and defaced in the Wexford area in the hopes of affecting the…
The martyrdom of Christians in Sri Lanka should underline how Christians are threatened worldwide, Archbishop Eamon Martin has said. Speaking in Armagh Cathedral, the Primate of All-Ireland said it was “heartbreaking” that Sri Lankan Christians were unable to gather for Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday following the Easter Sunday bombings in the south Asian country.…
Catholic leaders have offered prayers for the Philippines after two earthquakes struck the region last week. A magnitude-6.1 earthquake hit the nation’s largest and most populous island of Luzon on April 22. An unrelated magnitude-6.4 quake struck the island of Samar the following day. Numerous buildings, including a few churches, were destroyed or damaged by…
The Archbishop of Colombo says that government officials in Sri Lanka should be fired for failing to act on tips that terrorist attacks were imminent in the hours preceding Easter Sunday bombings in the country. “It’s absolutely unacceptable behaviour on the part of these high officials of the government, including some of the ministry officials,”…
Catholic bishops from around the US were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others injured. “Our country should be better than this; our world should be beyond such acts of hatred and anti-Semitism,” said Cardinal Daniel…
Several Catholic bishops have appealed to the Nigerian government to expedite actions that will lead to the release of Leah Sharibu and other girls held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. In their Easter messages, the bishops also urged the government to end the incessant and wanton killings of fellow citizens in the country; no one…
The president of The Catholic University of America has voiced his support for a student government resolution that asked the university to block the 200 most popular porn sites from its internet system. “I am so proud of our students,” CUA president John Garvey wrote in an op-ed for the Arlington Catholic Herald on April 24. “This…
Feargal Quinn was a “pragmatic” businessman and politician who was confident in his Catholic identity, according to Sen. Rónán Mullen. Describing Mr Quinn, who died last week aged 82 at his home in Howth, as someone who “grew up in an era when to be Catholic was normal”, Sen. Mullen said the onetime supermarket entrepreneur…
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