Courtney McGrailArchbishop Charles Brown – who up until last month served as the Pope’s representative in Ireland – is welcomed to his new posting as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania by Mr Ditmir Bushati, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania. Archbishop Brown presented his credentials on May 9.
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Church watchdog sees sharpest decline in abuse allegations
Mags Gargan
The independent watchdog which monitors handling of abuse allegations in the Irish Church has seen its “sharpest decline” in allegations since it started keeping records. The National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) received 86 new allegations during the period 2016/2017. The allegations include 72 relating to sexual…
Family gathering issues call for 3,000 volunteers
Organisers have issued an appeal for at least 3,000 volunteers to assist with the planning and organising of the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) and expected papal visit to Dublin next year. More than 1,500 people have expressed an interest in helping, but twice that number is needed to form part of the operational team…
Huge response to K&L outreach
Staff reporter A social media campaign by the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin asking for suggestions for the 2017 parish Christmas gift has been an “outstanding success”. Bishop Denis Nulty, who made the appeal in a video, told The Irish Catholic it was the first time the diocese had tried “this way of engaging with…
‘Bring flowers of the rarest…bring blossoms the fairest’
Men from the Dominican Friary Youth Club carry a statue of Our Lady of Fatima in a procession in Dundalk, Co. Louth on Saturday, in advance of the opening Mass for the Fatima Novena at the friary.
Historic beatification is a sign of reconciliation
The beatification of Dubliner Fr John Sullivan SJ, a convert from Anglicanism, has been hailed as a sign of reconciliation in Ireland. The first ever beatification in Ireland was held in the Jesuit Church on Gardiner Street on Saturday with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as chief celebrant.…
Primate welcomes new nuncio
Archbishop Eamon Martin has warmly welcomed the appointment by Pope Francis of Archbishop Jude Okolo as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. “Archbishop Okolo’s rich experience in the diplomatic service of the Holy See means that he brings many gifts to bear on his new mission in Ireland,” Archbishop Eamon said. The Vatican announced the…
End ‘absurd’ conflicts through prayer – Pope
There is a great need for “prayer and penance” to plead for the end of the many wars spreading all over the world and the many “absurd conflicts” that “disfigure the face of humanity”, Pope Francis has said. Referring to the canonisation of Ss Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto in Fatima, he said that the…
Our Lady shines for Portugal’s runaway Eurovision triumph
Staff Reporter It may have been a coincidence or a moment of singular grace, but few could fail to remark on the significance that Portugal’s win in the Eurovision Song Contest at the weekend – the first in that country’s 49 attempts – came on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. As Salvador Sobral…
Panama’s World Youth Day logo revealed
Ambar Calvo, a 20-year-old student of architecture at the University of Panama, was the winner of the competition among 103 entries for the next World Youth Day logo, to be held in Panama from January 22-27, 2019. Msgr José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Archbishop of Panama, said the design managed to capture the message the country…