Students in Limerick are facing a “very tight” situation when it comes to finding accommodation, the Catholic chaplain of Mary Immaculate College has said. Fr Michael Wall told The Irish Catholic newspaper that student accommodation is becoming increasingly scarce, and that it is a concern of some of the students that he interacts with in…
The High Court in London rejected a landmark challenge to a UK law allowing abortion up to birth for disability. In its September 23 ruling, the court declared that a law allowing abortion up to birth for disability was not discriminatory. The challenge was brought by Heidi Crowter, a woman with Down syndrome, and Máire…
Spanish Church leaders are urging prayers and donations for residents of the Canary Islands, after earthquakes and a volcanic eruption devastated parts of the Atlantic island chain. “We welcome the public administration’s speed in ensuring the safety of all those affected and caring for those with greatest vulnerability,” said a September 22 statement from the…
The View Quite suddenly it seems to me that we are moving very rapidly towards Christmas – it is just 12 weeks away and the shops are already beginning to offer Christmas decorations and presents! I was pondering on how rapidly time has passed in this strange coronavirus half-world which we have been inhabiting –…
The sisters were praised for embodying the mission of welcome and care, at a thanksgiving Mass held September 19. The Marist sisters are leaving the parish of St Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast, where they had ministered since 1986, invited by then-Bishop Cahal Daly. The first sisters moved in to the parish and lived in the flats…
Catholic lay organisations took to the streets of downtown Fulda under the motto “We remain loud” to express their dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church, on the final day of the German bishops’ annual fall plenary assembly. On September 23, Catholics demonstrated in front of the 18th-century palace where the bishops met and marched to demand…
The pandemic has allowed people to reflect on what really matters to them in life, writes David Quinn The pandemic has impacted different groups in different ways. I am not referring to the direct effect of the disease itself, but of lockdown and other restrictions imposed to ensure Covid-19 did not go out of control.…
Church, Interrupted – Havoc & Hope: The Tender Revolt of Pope Francis by John Cornwell (Chronicle Prism, £21.99/€25.00) You know you are in the hands of a master author and story-teller when you open a book by John Cornwell. Readers may be familiar with his best-seller A Thief in the Night: the Death of John Paul I (1989),…
The return to offices, colleges and schools means more presentations, so it’s a good idea to practice public speaking, writes Jason Osborne Whether it’s in front of a large audience or before a small team of colleagues, most of us have to speak before groups of people at some time or other. The pandemic mitigated this…
The Archbishop of Dublin praised the “outgoing Order” for reflecting “spiritual realities”, at the September 25 ceremony. Archbishop Dermot Farrell called on the new knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre “to witness to the life of Christ, with its good news and its hope”. The seven new knights were: James…
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