Thousands descended on Dublin for the 2025 March for Life held on May 5. The march started at 2pm from the Newman University Church and the speeches took place in Molesworth St, close to the Dáil. Despite the “skyrocketing” number of abortions happening, the March for Life witnessed crowds committed and caring for the cause.…
“This has been quite an ordeal and in the 50th year of my priesthood, it’s the last thing you expect to happen,” said Fr Stephen Duffy PP of Ravensdale, Co. Louth, speaking to The Irish Catholic after his parochial house was targeted in back-to-back incidents over the weekend. Petrol bombs were thrown at the house,…
The Parish Priest of Kingscourt, Co. Cavan delivered a cheque of almost €28,000 to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem at a recent trip to the Holy Land. Also, on April 30, Fr Gerard McCormack said Mass in the empty tomb within The Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The money, which…
Down and Connor Diocese is organising a competition to select the cover art for this year’s Sacred Heart Novena booklet. All students from the diocese schools are able to participate and the prizes are £250 to the winner student, £250 to their school and their design printed on the booklet’s cover. This is the second…
An event aimed at those between the ages of 18 to 35 will be held in Cork on May 10. It will be the sixth time that this conference, which has seen hundreds from all over the country attending, will be held. Speaking with Bishop Fintan Gavin of Cork and Ross he explained that, “The…
St Andrew’s Parish, Westland Row, will mark the 250th anniversary of Daniel O’Connell’s birth with a special Anniversary Mass this Sunday, May 11, at 10am. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Paul Dempsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin. Known as ‘The Liberator’, O’Connell was a driving force behind Catholic Emancipation and one of the most…
The Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor took part in a one-day retreat in Lough Derg on May 4. This was the official opening for the One-Day Retreat season in the pilgrim site for the Jubilee Year. Archbishop Montemayor was accompanied by the Deputy Head of Mission Msgr Patrick Zay Han and welcomed…
By Fr. Shay Cullen. There are some good Filipino bishops and priests who have stood for human rights, especially those of vulnerable and abused children. One bishop has encouraged people to file criminal charges against clerical child sex abusers. He is Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David of the Diocese of Kalookan. This brave follower of Jesus…
Growing public pressure alone has ensured that the conclave today is usually a matter of a few days. One papal election in history once lasted over 1,000 days. The inhabitants of Viterbo found this too colourful. People love the conclave – and the media love it even more. The highest level of secrecy, at the…
Each day between now and the May 7 conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, John Allen is offering a profile of a different papabile, the Italian term for a man who could be pope. There’s no scientific way to identity these contenders; it’s mostly a matter of weighing reputations, positions held and influence wielded over…
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