Thousands gathered to make their voices heard at the 2025 Rally for Life, which took place in Dublin on Saturday, July 5. The streets pulsed with music, chanting, banners and flags as a tide of red signs moved from Parnell Square to Custom House Quay. From a distance, the sea of placards made the entire…
By Fr Eamonn Conway Christian hope is all around us. It is most readily visible in the lives of what Pope Francis called “the saints next door”, our neighbours and friends. Among them are even those who do not overtly consider themselves religious, who respond to the circumstances of everyday life as best they…
An approximately 100-kilometre-long memorial route leads survivors of the Srebrenica massacre and activists through forests, mountains and villages. The events of 1995 continue to complicate coexistence in Bosnia-Herzegovina to this day. Starting on Wednesday, more than 6,000 people in Bosnia-Herzegovina will commemorate the victims of the Srebrenica massacre with a three-day “peace march”. The approximately…
Since its reopening in December, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has recorded record-breaking visitor numbers. Other world-famous attractions in France can hardly keep up. More than six million people have visited Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris since it reopened just over six months ago. With an average of 35,000 visitors per day, it is currently the most…
Attempts by Government to push religious orders to pay millions in redress to people affected by mother and baby homes has been described as a “form of extortion”, by Senator Ronan Mullen. Seven Catholic bodies have been asked to contribute more than a quarter of a billion euro to a redress scheme being set up…
Opus Dei has responded to criticisms contained in a widely publicised new book by a former member who complains about her treatment at the hands of the organisation. Anne Marie Allen, now 62, joined a two-year residential training course run by Opus Dei in Tuam, Co Galway, at the age of 15 in 1978. She…
By Marion Hausmann “Let us welcome Pope Leo XIV with trust, hope, and above all, joy,” the Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell has said, to mark the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV. Mass was held in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral last Sunday on the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, mirroring the…
The Church needs to offer clearer guidance on when priests should refuse Catholic politicians and others Communion, a leading moral theologian has said. Dr John Murray of Dublin City University was speaking after a priest in the UK refused Communion to Liberal Democrat MP Chris Coghlan, who voted in favour of a bill in the…
At 86 years old, Canon Sean Rogan has once again proven that music can move hearts. The retired priest from the parish of Drumbo and Carryduff recently hosted an evening of music and song to raise funds for people affected by the ongoing humanitarian crises in Gaza and Sudan. What began as a modest parish…
By Renata Steffens and Marion Hausmann PSNI officers have been praised by the Church Leaders’ Group in Ireland after they faced down recent protests in Ballymena. The praise came as Bishop Phonsie Cullinan of Waterford and Lismore diocese marked the Church’s Jubilee year with members of the Defence Forces, the Gardaí and Emergency and Rescue…
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