The Vatican is set to respond to claims made by the former papal nuncio to the US which include allegations that Pope Francis covered up abuse. A statement was released by the Council of Cardinals this week which stated they were “aware that in the current debate” of recent weeks the Holy See is about…
The New York State Office of the Attorney General is the latest to announce that it is launching an investigation of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church clergy, and at least two of the state’s eight dioceses confirmed receiving subpoenas seeking access to its records. In a September 6 press release, the agency said…
Kilmore Diocese appears to be a model for child protection, writes Greg Daly Anyone in doubt about the role of canon law and proper application of Church processes in tackling child sexual abuse would do well to look at the newly-released ‘Second Review of Child Safeguarding Practice in the Diocese of Kilmore’. Following on…
The site of the martyrdom of St Oliver Plunkett has become the inspiration for the Church’s newest male religious order. Columbian priests Fr Manuel Agudelo Marin, 52, and Fr Hector Nagles Santa, 53, became postulants of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Montmartre OSB, during a private ceremony in Grancey-le-Château, near Dijon,…
Millions of devotees joined this year’s observance in the Philippines of the devotion to the Our Lady of Penafrancia. The wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, supposedly a copy of the original image in Spain, has been venerated in Naga City, in the Philippines’ Bicol region since the 1700s. A Spanish priest supposedly ordered a local…
The 1983 Code of Canon Law did not anticipate crimes being committed by bishops that could result in their laicisation, according to a canon law professor at The Catholic University of America. Fr Robert Kaslyn SJ, who has taught courses in laicisation, said the Second Vatican Council has also made it more complicated to remove…
A scheme helping asylum seekers access third level education has been criticised by charities, who say it needs to be less restrictive. The Government has announced the continuation of the Pilot Student Support Scheme which was first introduced in 2015 and provides support similar to the current Student Grant Scheme. However the Irish Refugee Council…
Collaborate with teachers, Pope tells parents Without respectfully collaborating with teachers and schools, parents will risk being on their own when it comes to educating their children and be at a greater disadvantage facing the challenges emerging from today’s culture, mass media and technology, Pope Francis has said. Speaking to hundreds of parents, the Pope told them that “teachers are…
In a record-breaking feat, hundreds of people named Cillian have travelled to a small town in Cavan where St Kilian is from. Mullagh was swarmed by 327 Cillians in honour of the saint, who is the patron of those suffering with rheumatism. The Cillians marched through Mullagh Fair led by the Corduff Pipe Band before…
A Cork priest who died early last year left estate worth over €1m in his will. Fr John Cotter, the former parish priest of St Patrick’s Church on Cork’s Lower Glanmire Road, died on February 2, 2017, leaving a total estate of €1,160,008. One of nine children, Fr Cotter was born in Rossmore, Co. Cork,…
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