Suggestions that Catholics in the North might be forced to legally identify as British after Brexit are “a complete non-runner”, a prominent Northern priest has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fermanagh-based Fr Joe McVeigh said British failures to clarify the issue are complicating matters needlessly, and called on the Irish Government to stand up…
European countries need to face their challenges head on, Greg Daly is told Given Hungary’s history following the Second World War and its key role in the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, it makes sense that it would be opposed to any hardening of the Irish border in the aftermath of Brexit,…
While it may be many years before we learn what seeds were successfully sown during last year’s papal visit, such that the jury is out on whether or not it should be considered a success, there were few who attended 2012’s International Eucharistic Congress who do not think it a triumph, a real forward-looking sign…
A Cork coffee shop will be on the coalface of Catholic evangelism in the city, writes Greg Daly “How good, how delightful it is for all to live together like brothers,” begins Psalm 132 in the traditional Vulgate numbering, while for those committed to Catholic hospitality, Hebrews 13:2 might seem even more to the…
Ireland’s longest-serving diocesan bishop has hailed the appointment of his successor as “a new beginning” for the Diocese of Cork and Ross. Bishop John Buckley, who has headed the Diocese of Cork and Ross since 1998, welcomed the announcement that Dublin archdiocesan chancellor Fr Fintan Gavin [pictured] will succeed him as Bishop of Cork, saying…
BREAKING Ireland’s longest-serving diocesan bishop has welcomed the appointment of his successor as “a new beginning” for the Diocese of Cork and Ross. Dublin archdiocesan chancellor Fr Fintan Gavin was this morning announced as Bishop-elect of Cork and Ross, with the diocese’s bishop emeritus, Bishop John Buckley, declaring that “It is a great honour for…
The Church runs the risk of becoming a museum unless it can learn to reach out more to young people, Pope Francis warned this week. The Pontiff insisted that young people will not find the Church credible if it seems to be constantly on the defensive and focused on a small number of issues. Francis…
The Irish head of Britain’s leading Catholic college is to step down from his role next year to take up a new post in Australia. Prof. Francis Campbell, Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University, Twickenham, will step down from the role in the first quarter of 2020 to become Vice-Chancellor at the University of Notre Dame…
Pilgrimage Supplement 2019 – Pathways With Purpose Pilgrim paths follow many routes in Ireland and abroad, Greg Daly learns Ireland’s religious landscape may have changed dramatically over recent decades, but according to Knock’s Fr Richard Gibbons, pilgrimage sites are still vibrant places. “I think that when people come to a religious site, it might…
Pilgrimage Supplement 2019 – Pathways With Purpose Learning to live the Camino in our everyday lives is the key lesson we need from Europe’s most famous pilgrimage, John Brierley tells Greg Daly With the possible exception of Martin Sheen, the star of 2010’s The Way, there can be few people in the English-speaking world…