The Vatican has named a Colombian bishop to be the trustee of the scandal-plagued Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Catholic movement based in Peru. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life appointed Bishop Noel Londono Buitrago of Jerico, Colombia, trustee of the group, the Vatican press office announced. Pope Francis, the…
A group of bishops from around the world is visiting the Holy Land to remind Christians there that they are not forgotten by their fellow Christians, Derry’s Bishop Donal McKeown has said. Bishop McKeown is visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories as part of an international delegation of bishops from Europe, North America and Africa.…
In Brief Church leaders in the Middle East are intensifying efforts to combat US President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as well as plans to move the US embassy there. “The two-state solution is accepted by all the world, including the Vatican. It corresponds to the legitimate resolutions passed by…
News In Brief Ireland has won the ‘Arms Control Person of the Year’ 2017 award for the Government’s leadership during talks relating to disarmament. The disarmament delegation of Ireland won the award for their leadership during the negotiations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney…
News In Brief The mother of well-known hunger striker Bobby Sands was remembered as a principled and devout woman by her daughter. Rosaleen Sands died last week aged 95 and her funeral was held in St Oliver Plunkett’s Church in Blackrock, Louth. According to The Irish News her daughter, Bernadette Sands-McKevitt said at the…
A highly-valued longstanding member of St Vincent de Paul has been remembered as a “compassionate, non-judgemental and caring person” by the charity. John Monaghan joined SVP in 1985 and was an active member of his SVP conference in Leixlip and a member of the National Management Council from 1996-2014. He was the media voice and…
A Maronite archbishop in Syria narrowly escaped death by just a few seconds when a shell crashed through his bed as he was preparing for a nap. In an email to supporters Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus said priests cried when they saw him emerge from the ruins. “Providence watches over his poor servant,” the…
News In Brief The Knights of St Columbanus have asked that Pope Francis send a letter to all Irish Catholics calling for them to “defend the humanity if the unborn”. A motion to make such a request was put forward at a September meeting of the order, with Grand Knight Richard Greene saying that…
Weekly collection figures fell in the Archdiocese of Dublin during 2016, according to the latest diocesan figures. The newest tranche of reports from the Parishes and Charities of the Archdiocese of Dublin reveal that the diocesan Share collection dropped significantly in 2016, with family offerings to parishes and collections to support clergy also dipping in…
A balanced use of social media is important in developing positive mental health and good grades, a group of young student scientists discovered. Several projects in this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition focused on the growing prevalence of social media in peoples’ lives and the effect it’s having from day to day. Participants…
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