The nearly 2,000 Irish pilgrims who were present at World Youth Day in Lisbon with Pope Francis have been urged to use the experience to invite their friends back to the Church. Pope Francis told more than 1.5 million pilgrims at the weekend that the Church is a home for everyone, and that no-one should…
Recent vandalism at Little Nellie’s gravesite has resulted in renewed calls to have her grave moved somewhere safer and more accessible. Reports of damage to the popular figure’s gravesite shocked the Faithful late last week, which a descendent of Little Nellie referred to as a “targeted attack”. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Sue Organ…
The Primate of All Ireland told pilgrims on World Youth Day to speak the “truth with love” to attract their peers to the Faith at an event in Slane, Co. Meath. Thousands gathered to the Hill of Slane in Co. Meath on Sunday, August 6, for the ‘Light the Fire’ event where St Patrick defied…
Mother Elvira Petrozzi was a “simple, Italian nun who had an amazing gift” according to close friend of, and co-worker with, the Cenacolo community in Ireland, Fr Adrian Crowley. Mother Elvira, who founded the Cenacolo community in 1983 to provide healing to those suffering from addiction, died August 3 in the formation house and residence…
The Primate of All-Ireland has called on the Government to intervene after a bishop in Nicaragua who spoke out against the government and its dictator, President Nicolas Maduro, was given a 26-year sentence. Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was arrested for his criticism of President Maduro’s regime, and was subsequently convicted of treason, along with several…
St Mary’s University College Belfast and the University of Notre Dame Australia have launched a new phase of cooperation between the two institutions with the recent signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to “foster collaboration and scholarly exchange”. The MOU will bring the institutions “even closer in mission and culture,” and will…
The young Irishwoman who carried the Irish tricolour flag at the opening ceremony of World Youth Day said she felt that she was representing the entire nation in Lisbon. Charlene Duff told The Irish Catholic that carrying the flag was “an absolute honour”. She described it as the “icing on the cake” as the Portlaoise-native attended her…
August 15 is the great Marian feast that honours the whole human person, writes Dr Sarah Jane Boss For many centuries, the Feast of the Assumption was celebrated in the Church without any formal definition of the doctrine. In most places, it was the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary and it is…
An Irish charity that supports international development has called on the Irish Government to ensure that extra tax this year is used for the most vulnerable abroad. Dóchas, in a statement after there was a projected increase in tax receipts of at least 10%, said 240 million people in 69 countries require urgent humanitarian assistance.…
Pope Francis told 1.5 million weary-eyed and sleep-deprived young people in Lisbon not to let their “great dreams” of changing the world be “stopped by fear”. In his homily for the closing Mass of World Youth Day on Sunday the Pope asked for “a bit of silence” from the pilgrims who, after staying overnight in…
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