Staff Reporter Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has challenged the faithful to “find a language” in their faith towards engaging with the pluralist world and contributing Christian values to it. Delivering a sermon at an ecumenical evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dr Martin considered the question of “how faith [can] contribute to the process of…

Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has been named an honorary fellow of Griffith College because of his “outstanding contribution, at home and abroad, to Ireland’s moral ethos”. The honour is given each year to men and women who are viewed as role models for Irish youth. Accepting the honour, Dr Martin praised the values of ordinary…

The Catholic bishops of the United States have called for calm amid ongoing, sometimes violent, protests against the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential race. With no sign of a halt to mass demonstrations in cities across the country, bishops have begun to issue individual messages appealing for citizens to pull back from…

Syrian prelate thanks God for survival in gun attack The Syrian Orthodox Vicar of Aleppo has thanked God for his survival during a gun attack as he travelled by car in the country. Msgr Raban Boutros Kassis was struck by two bullets in his shoulder as his car came under attack on the road between…

The ordination of Fr Peter Ding Lingbin as Bishop of Changzhi has taken place in China. The November 10 event, approved by the Holy See, was attended by at least 2,000 faithful, including numerous priests and nuns who travelled from neighbouring dioceses to attend the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Changzhi is home to some…

Clare priest celebrates president elect’s ‘pro-life’ values

A prominent pro-life campaigning priest in the United States is facing a Church investigation after he posed with an aborted infant lying on an altar in a video appeal for his supporters to vote for the presidency of Donald Trump. Fr Frank Pavone, the head of the Priests for Life group, faced harsh criticism for…

The Pope’s representative in Ireland has pledged to do all he can to help re-integrate priests who have been disciplined by the Church for promoting views contrary to Catholic teaching. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown also said that Irish Catholics had to face up to the reality that parishes will increasingly be staffed by non-Irish…

The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have criticised a plan to rebury former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the nation’s Heroes’ Cemetery. Responding to a Supreme Court ruling paving the way for the move, the bishops issued a letter in which they stated the inclusion in the cemetery of a dictator who had brought such pain…

The late performer Leonard Cohen touched so many people with his music due to his search for spiritual fulfilment through the medium, broadcaster Fr Brian D’Arcy has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week about the impact of Leonard Cohen’s life, apparent in the global outpouring of grief and tributes that followed his November…