King Felipe invites Pontiff to Spain

Former prelate still wanted for questioning

The Catholic Church and Church of England will ‘do battle’ this September, but only to decide whose cricket team is best on the field of play. On September 17, the Vatican St Peter’s team will travel to England’s Kent County Cricket Club at Canterbury Cathedral for a match fixture against a team drawn from members…

No decision yet on the inclusion of county homes

Dozens of Catholic schools in Dublin face closure within two years unless a funding crisis is urgently addressed, the Church has warned. Anne McDonagh, director of the Dublin Archdiocese Education Secretariat, told the Oireachtas Committee on Education that a “significant percentage” of its 446 primary schools were at risk of shutting down because of cuts…

Bishop Denis Nulty has urged parishes to highlight the importance of farm safety following a huge increase in fatal farming accidents this year. The Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin told The Irish Catholic that farm safety was “critical in my opinion”, with 13 farm accidents so far in the first six months of this year,…