Bishop of Raphoe, Alan McGuckian SJ, ordained two seminarians to the diaconate yesterday in the Basilica of Saint Prassede, Rome. The two new deacons, Rev. Anthony Briody, from the Diocese of Raphoe, and Rev. Declan McGeehan, from the Diocese of Derry, are resident in the Pontifical Irish College in Rome, from where they are pursuing…
Pope Francis has said today that the Eucharist is key to living an authentic Christian witness, and that those who leave Mass unchanged, continuing to gossip or hold onto unholy habits, have missed the point. “While the Mass ends, the commitment for Christian witness opens. We leave the church to go in peace to bring…
An earlier version of this article has been corrected to reflect the fact that the homilist at Knock Shrine was Fr Tom Keane rather than Fr Tom Doherty as referred to in the original article. We apologise for any confusion this error caused. A Fine Gael senator has apologised for offensive remarks she made…
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin told a large crowd who braved the weather on Good Friday that people who uncompromisingly stand up for their principles “are not always accepted in our times” during the Way of the Cross in Dublin. Beginning at Wellington Monument at noon Dr Martin led a procession through the Phoenix Park to the Papal…
Fifty years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination “we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of love, respect and peace to which the Gospel calls us,” the U.S. bishops’ Administrative Committee have said. On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray gunned down the civil rights…
Hannah Brockhaus On Thursday the Holy See stated that a reported interview between Pope Francis and an Italian journalist, which claims the Pope denied the existence of hell, should not be considered an accurate depiction of Francis’ words, but the author’s own “reconstruction.” A recent meeting between Pope Francis and Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari,…
The man charged with running the Diocese of Dromore following the resignation of controversial Bishop John McAreavey has pledged to try to bring healing to those who have been hurt. Bishop Philip Boyce was appointed by Pope Francis on Monday to lead the diocese after the Pontiff accepted Dr McAreavey’s resignation. Dr McAreavey had been…
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said that the challenge of the Pope’s visit for the World Meeting of Families is to remain open to diverse families while underlining the Church’s unchanging teaching about marriage. Speaking at the annual Chrism Mass in Dublin’s pro-cathedral, Dr Martin said that “families are under enormous challenge” in modern Ireland. He…
IC poll finds 68% would support trip Northern bishops have vowed to work to overturn a Vatican decision that would see Pope Francis skipping a historic trip to the North during his planned Irish visit this August. There has been widespread disappointment at the fact that the anticipated papal trip for the World Meeting…
Young Catholics joined the tens of thousands of students from across the country who participated in a massive demonstration along Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue protesting gun violence called ‘March for Our Lives’. The event was organised by survivors and friends of those who died at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, where 17…
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