Greg DalyThe Catholic faith is the greatest gift any mother could give her child, according to a new inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Speaking at the induction ceremony, 12-time All-Star and former National League Rookie of the Year Mike Piazza thanked his mother “for the greatest gift a mother could give a child, the…
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Pope offers support in call to Mayor of Nice It has been revealed that Pope Francis made a surprise phone-call to authorities in Nice, France, following the truck rampage that left 84 people dead and more fighting for their lives. According to Vatican Radio, the Pontiff placed a call to the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, and during their conversation he gave an…
Reduce ethnic Masses to stop ghettoisation – psychiatrist
Masses for specific ethnic groups should be reduced in the interests of integration, a leading psychiatrist has suggested. Questioning the wisdom of Dublin’s Polish community having its own church – St Audeon’s Church on High Street – Prof. Patricia Casey told The Irish Catholic she thinks it would be healthier if “there would be no…
Flowering faith
Paul Keenan
Fr Ed Kohler of Little Flower Parish in Browning, Montana, distributes Communion during Mass at the close of North American Indian Days. The annual event, first held 65 years ago, gathers Native Americans from 50 tribes from across the US and Canada. Photo: CNS
Des Kelly remembered as man of faith and generosity
Des Kelly, ‘The Carpet Man’ has been remembered as a man of faith who worked tirelessly for the homeless and needy throughout his years of business success. As he was laid to rest in Ratoath, Co. Meath on Tuesday, Fr Gerry Stuart reminded mourners of the voluntary work undertaken by Mr Kelly over many years,…
Keeper of the flame
John L. Allen Jr.He may be a lion in winter today, but under St Pope John Paul II no one had a more vital role than Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who next week will be hosting an estimated 1.5 to 1.8 million young people in the city of Krakow for World Youth Day. If you want a window into…
Priest and former sacristan threatened in Northern burglaries
An Australian priest working in a West Belfast parish and a couple living next to a Co. Tyrone parochial house may have been threatened by the same armed intruders. Fr Denis Ryan (70) from Ballarat, Victoria, was providing holiday cover at St Michael the Archangel Church in Andersontown for a second successive year when two…
A Guatemalan tragedy
A cycle of violence continues, writes Paul Keenan
Priest blames poor treatment of refugees on racist attitude
Rachel Beard A Co. Laois-based parish priest has hit out against an attitude towards refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland which he has branded as “racist”. Fr Paddy Byrne of Portlaoise told The Irish Catholic he believes “that there’s an underbelly in Irish society that’s quite cynical to refugees and a great sense of xenophobia where…
Clogher Ordinations
Stephen Duffy and Kevin Malcolmson awaiting ordination by Clogher’s Bishop Liam MacDaid in Monaghan’s St McCartan’s Cathedral on Sunday, July 24. Fr Duff y and Fr Malcolmson celebrated their first Masses the following evening in their home parish churches, St Patrick’s in Tullycorbet parish and St Mary’s in Aghabog.