A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said on July 23 that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while she walked to Sunday Mass in her habit, thinking about the day’s Bible readings and carrying little more than her rosary and cellphone. “Honestly, in…
The Vatican will study the conditions needed for a possible trip by Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said following a six-day pastoral and diplomatic mission to the war-torn country. Gallagher, the Holy See’s secretary for relations with states and international organisations, said the possibility of a papal visit was among the…
Bishop Ger Nash, who was previously appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Ossory in January of this year, has been appointed Bishop of Ossory by Pope Leo XIV. He will now minister simultaneously as Bishop of Ferns and Bishop of Ossory. In a statement made today, Bishop Nash described the appointment as the…
The outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland has said he has witnessed “an intense, hidden vitality” in Irish parishes and dioceses especially in the West and the North of Ireland and has “no doubt” it will bear visible fruit in the synodal process and in a resurgence of vocations to the ministerial and religious life. In…
“The government is not doing enough,” said Aontú representative Sen. Sarah O’Reilly to The Irish Catholic regarding children’s access to pornographic content in online spaces, an issue addressed in a recent bill sponsored by herself and Sen. Ronan Mullen in the Seanad. The Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill, currently before the third stage…
A priest who headed a project for the new multi-million-euro Cultural and Heritage Centre in Ballintubber, Co. Mayo died on the day the work started on the grounds for the new centre. Fr Frank Fahey was a member of the Ballintubber community for over 40 years and died at age 90 last week. For 34 years, he was the main Curate in Ballintubber Abbey, where he was involved in the redevelopment of the abbey and its grounds, the Passion Play and…
Young Catholics from across Ireland described Fr Mike Schmitz as a “digital missionary” who has made Scripture more accessible, as more than 1,600 people from across Ireland gathered for his sold-out Parables event at Dublin’s National Stadium. Ahead of the event, St Kevin’s Church on Harrington Street was packed for Mass celebrated by Bishop Fintan…
The Priory Institute in Tallaght will host a summer lecture series titled ‘Man and Woman He Created Them’ from August 10 to August 17, delivered by Rev. Dr Alan O’Sullivan OP. The course will engage with topics including the human body, man and woman, and marriage and sexuality, all themes which appear in Pope John…
Peace must be built and understanding of Catholics in the Holy Land must be promoted, said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, former deputy Vatican secretary of state and current Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. “The Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem… has a mandate which, in truth, is an…
The deepest spiritual needs of people have not changed despite the transformation of Irish society over the past century, the Prior of Lough Derg has said as St Patrick’s Basilica marks the beginning of its ‘centenary season’. “At the deepest level, people’s spiritual needs do not change,” Fr La Flynn told The Irish Catholic. Recalling…