Staff reporter The Latin Mass pilgrimage to Knock International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine will take place Saturday, September 3. The pilgrimage will begin with a sung Latin Mass (Missa Cantata) in the Extraordinary Form, followed by the Stations of the Cross and Benediction. All events will take place in the parish church in Knock. The…
Pope Francis has dismissed rampant rumours that his resignation is imminent in a recent Reuters interview, saying that he’s on course to visit Canada this month and that he hopes to be able to visit both Moscow and Kyiv after that. Speaking to the Reuters reporter in the Vatican Philip Pullella, Pope Francis also denied…
The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin is gearing up to reduce Masses in order to alleviate pressure on priests and avoid duplication in areas where Mass is available in churches around the same time in close proximity. Pastoral letter Bishop Denis Nulty has said he will publish a pastoral letter on September 5 and has…
Almost 1 million people in some of the poorest nations around the world saw improved health conditions despite Covid due to the work of Irish missionary orders, Misean Cara have said. The Irish-based missionary umbrella group’s annual report for 2021 shows that Irish missionaries overcame the challenges presented by Covid, yielding “impressive results”. In addition,…
The Nicaraguan Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of 101 nongovernmental organisations, including the Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by St Teresa of Calcutta that is dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. The order to shut down the 101 NGOs was requested by Sandinista legislator Filiberto Rodríguez in a June…
I suspect that many women have divided feelings on the subject of ‘drag queens’ – chaps who dress up in women’s clothes, with an over-exaggerated presentation of female hair, make-up and gestures. Some find it amusing; others feel that it takes a mocking view of femininity – rather as black people have objected to whites…
Liam Fitzpatrick Bishop Noel Treanor, bishop of Down and Connor, welcomed the development of Elective Overnight Stay Centres in Mater Hospital, Belfast, noting the hospital’s “long and distinguished history” in providing care. “This new service underpins the key role of the hospital as a provider of care and treatment to those in need and as…
Wherever the synodal process goes, it cannot break with core Church teachings, writes David Quinn When I attended one of the synodal meetings in my parish in Dublin a number of months ago that discussed the issues facing the Church in the archdiocese, some of my initial concerns about where the whole process might go…
Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, is resolute in the wake of tragedy. St Francis Xavier Church in Ondo, where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass, will reopen by autumn. “We’ll resume full activities as it has always been,” Bishop Arogundade told Catholic News Service June 28…
To no one’s real surprise, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received Communion during a papal Mass yesterday marking the traditional feast of Sts Peter and Paul. Pelosi, her husband Paul, and other family members happened to be in Rome on vacation and decided to attend the Mass. The act of receiving Communion, first…
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