A Catholic priest was shot dead on Friday, July 20 in the Cameroons. Fr Alexander Nougi Sob was parish priest of Bomaka, a district of Buea, the capital of the English-speaking region of South-West Cameroon. He was also a former Catholic Education Secretary there. According to the Journal du Cameroun, Fr Sob was hit by…
The referendum planned for the autumn to alter or delete the clause in the Constitution on the role of women in the home, (41.2.2) may be deferred to 2019 and in its place a referendum to reduce divorce waiting times may be brought forward. Leo Varadkar’s government is planning several referenda in the coming years…
Catholic dioceses in China are being required to show how they will reduce foreign influences and adopt a more Chinese ideological and theological identity. The aim is to do this through a five-year plan running until 2022. A strategy was agreed at a May 17 meeting of the Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in…
A seven-foot-tall bronze statue of the Virgin Mary in a Catholic church in New Mexico appears to be weeping a substance with the chemical makeup of olive oil treated with perfume. The ‘weeping’ began on Pentecost Sunday on May 20, when parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs noticed that there appeared to be tears…
Tine, a network of Catholic leaders and groups promoting evangelisation has appealed to its members and friends to pray for rain with this prayer: “O God, our Creator, you are the source of all life. We pray to you who calm the raging waters and command the wind to provide us sufficient rain to meet…
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of St John Vianney St John Vianney (Curé of Ars) Novena at St John Vianney Parish, Ardlea Road in Dublin will take place from August 4-12. There will be Mass with an invited preacher at 10am each day and 7.30pm on Friday 10. Also on Saturday 6pm and Sunday 9.30am and 11.30am. Mass with Anointing of the Sick:…
A lay Catholic group has made accusations against the WMOF, maintaining that their organisation was discriminated against on the basis of their liberal views. We Are Church (WAC) Ireland said that they made many efforts to reserve an exhibition stand at Dublin’s RDS, but never received a response about their status. WAC believe that the…
The charity Alone has purchased housing units in order to provide lodging for elderly homeless people. On Tuesday, July 24, people were able to enter new properties on the South Circular Road in Dublin. These properties are temporary but will provide a place for the tenants to stay until they receive keys to permanent accommodation,…
The Archdiocese of Dublin has called for 4,000 Eucharistic ministers to serve at the final mass at the WMOF. According to the archdiocese, because the majority of the communion will be given out on grassy, bumpy areas of the park, applicants must be “trained and functioning ministers of the Holy Communion” as well as “steady…
A Dublin conference will next month look at the lasting legacy of the encyclical Humanae Vitae. Promulgated by Blessed Pope Paul VI 50 years ago, the document continues to be hotly discussed within the Church. The conference – ‘Love and Life in Marriage’ – will celebrate the Church’s vision for sexuality and marriage with particular…
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