Restoration work on the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre will be completed in time for the celebration of Easter Sunday, April 16, it has been announced. Following nine months of refurbishment on the Edicule sitting atop the central site of the Christian world, the National Technical University of Athens, which…
At just six and a half months, Summer Hannon from Tallaght, Dublin is probably our youngest reader and her parents Anthony and Margo said she gave the paper a big “thumbs up”.
Leading Muslim groups and figures in Egypt have denounced the targeting of Christians by so-called Islamic State (ISIS). As Christians continue to flee the Sinai region after seven murders of community members, leaders of religious and political authorities have issued statements in support of their Christian countrymen and critical of the militants. Among them is…
A statue of Our Lady of Fatima, blessed by Pope Francis, has begun a tour of Ireland to mark 100 years since the Marian apparitions at the Portuguese village. The statue was welcomed to the Archdiocese of Armagh, and has now begun its journey to dioceses North and South . The tour is being conducted…
The Catholic bishops of South Sudan have stressed that they are not taking sides in the conflict currently affecting the nation and causing a growing famine. While continuing to denounce violence on all sides which has now reached depraved extremes, the bishops have been at pains to stress that they are “not against the government”…
The Archbishop of Armagh has urged politicians in the North not to undo the progress made during the peace process following a return to a “language of division” in the run up to the Assembly election last week. Archbishop Eamon Martin expressed concern that the principles of the Good Friday Agreement “are perhaps not as…
The bishop whose diocese includes the parish in Medjugorje has reiterated his belief that no apparitions have ever taken place at the site. In the wake of news that Pope Francis has appointed a special delegate to examine the pastoral situation at the famed Bosnia-Herzegovina site, Bishop Ratko Peri of Mostar-Duvno issued a message on…
Hollywood star Sam Worthington has said that working on his new film The Shack helped him to better understand his relationship with God. The Shack is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by William P. Young, which follows the spiritual journey of a father, Mack, after suffering a family tragedy which makes…
China has been accused of increasing its interference in some faiths, including Christianity, in a drive to thwart ‘foreign’ religions. According to a new report, ‘The Battle for China’s Spirit’, from Freedom House, a US-based advocacy group for political and human freedoms, China is increasingly acting against followers of Christianity and Islam while at the…
An Irish Columban sister who was violently attacked by a masked assailant in the Philippines, will not let her “terrible ordeal” affect her work, according to her congregational leader. Sr Kathleen Melia (70), who is originally from Co. Leitrim, has worked as a missionary in the Philippines for over 30 years, in particular campaigning for…
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