The St John Paul II Theological society in St Patrick’s College in Maynooth presents ‘Education in the Catholic Tradition: Maintaining the Ethos and Identity of Catholic Schools’, a lecture by Dr Leonardo Franchi of the University of Glasgow. Dr Franchi is a lecturer in Creativity, Culture and Faith and was head of the St Andrew’s…
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Thousands expected at annual Galway Novena
About 10,000 people are expected to attend the annual Galway Solemn Novena which began this week and runs until Tuesday, February 21 at Galway Cathedral with a focus on ‘Mary, Icon of God’s Mercy’. Redemptorist Novena Director over the past six years Fr Brendan O’Rourke said many come to the novena “searching, maybe for meaning, or…
Difference of opinion continues around Amoris Laetitia
The president of the Conference of German Bishops has said the Pope’s Amoris Laetitia exhortation is “very clear” and new guidelines adopted by the conference on Communion for divorced-and-remarried Catholics are in line with that. Speaking in Rome, Cardinal Reinhard Marx dismissed the ongoing row among priests and prelates on Amoris Laetitia and said he…
Cardinals appeal to Indian leader on abducted priest
Three Indian cardinals have brought the case of Fr Tom Uzhunallil, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen in March 2016, to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, Cardinal George Alencherry and Cardinal Oswald Gracias urged Mr Modi to do all in his power to seek the release of the Indian priest, who appeared weak…
Free at last
Nizar al-Qassab, an Iraqi Christian refugee from Mosul, gets a kiss from his children as they prepare to depart from Beirut international airport en route to the United States. The US bishops have welcomed an appeal court’s decision to overturn President Trump’s ban on travellers from seven nations. Photo: CNS
Sweeter than a rose
Gráinne McElwee, who previously worked with the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools in the diocese of Down and Connor, with her nephew Finn after becoming the newest postulant with the Adoration Sisters on Belfast’s Falls Road.
Snow day for seminarians
Stephen Rooney tries to catch snowfl akes on his tongue as he and fellow seminarians arrive for the installation Mass of Bishop John O. Barres as Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York. Photo: CNS
‘Pop’ goes the curate…
Local curate Fr John Carroll gives a hand in the kitchen at a ‘pop up restaurant’ in the curacy of Barntown during a breakfast fundraiser for one of six Mayoral candidates running in the Wexford parish’s charity elections, intended to raise parish funds and involve parishioners more deeply in local Church and community life.
Christians call for church rebuilding in Nigeria
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the nation’s government to help with rebuilding churches across the north-eastern states after a report revealed that at least 900 Christian places of worship have been destroyed by Boko Haram since the group began its violent activities. Having gathered for a meeting of its national executive…
Choir of St Mary’s College Derry
Students from the choir of St Mary’s College, Derry, singing at an ecumenical service at First Derry Presbyterian Church during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.