The ordination of Bishop Larry Duffy was a powerful expression of a deep faith in Clogher, writes Greg Daly “He’s common sense down to his fingertips – a deeply spiritual man, but a very ordinary one,” a former parishioner of Ireland’s newest bishop said as the crowds struggled to make their way down the…
A prison sentence without hope serves no purpose other than to stir feelings of revenge and anger in inmates who are looking for a second chance in life, Pope Francis said. Speaking to staff members of Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, the Pope said that both prison staff and inmates always must look forward to the…
A prominent pro-life group is calling on Irish people to donate childcare essentials to help pregnant women and mothers with newborns as part of St Valentine’s Day. Love Both, which spearheaded the retention of the Eighth Amendment last year, is asking pro-life supporters to “show their love” by sending vouchers and/or new or unused vests…
A prominent pro-life activist who was ousted from Fine Gael’s national executive over a series of controversial tweets has had his suspension from the party overturned. Former Young Fine Gael president Barry Walsh resigned from the party’s national executive in November 2017, with the party’s disciplinary committee subsequently deciding to suspend him for 12 months,…
When child sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic priests emerge in Africa, they do not draw a frenzied reaction similar to that witnessed in developed countries, but the continent’s Church is affected, Catholic leaders have said. While there is a general view that the scandals are a challenge of the Church in Europe and America, African…
An official of the Central African Republic bishops’ conference has raised doubts about a new government-rebel peace deal and urged the international community to give greater backing to the country’s legitimate armed forces. “Of course, we can hope such an accord might lead toward peace, but if it runs counter to justice and truth, this…
A council in London could become the second local authority in the UK to approve an exclusion zone around an abortion clinic. A regulatory committee of Richmond Council voted last week to make it a crime to attempt any form of interaction with staff or visitors to a center run by the British Pregnancy Advisory…
About 10,000 people are expected to attend this year’s 38th Galway Novena with over 300 volunteers, cathedral staff and a Redemptorist team of 12 making the event possible. The Novena will run from February 18-26 at Galway Cathedral with reflection on ‘the Joy of Love and Family Life Today’. The early morning weekday Masses will…
Jesuit gets green light on sainthood cause The sainthood cause of Jesuit Fr Pedro Arrupe was formally opened in Rome at the Basilica of St John Lateran on February 5, the 28th anniversary of Fr Arrupe’s death. The cause of Fr Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuits from 1965 to 1983, was set in motion by the Diocese of Rome, the…
A two-thirds majority of people have voted to reinstate abstention from meat in particular on Fridays rather than Catholics choosing their penance. In a social media poll conducted by this paper, in which over 250 people responded, 71% called for meat to be struck from the menu like it was before a 1983 decree from…
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