Misean Cara – Celebrating 20 Years of Support to Ireland’s Missionaries

Misean Cara is an Irish faith-based membership organisation, celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, having been founded in 2004.  Misean Cara supports the international development work of Irish missionaries working overseas, and is made up of 77 missionary and lay organisations working in more than 50 countries to empower those left furthest behind. Witnessing the…

Priest appeals for calm as violent protests grip UK

A Catholic priest has said that “violence is never the answer” after further scenes of unrest and anti-immigration protests took place across the UK. The violent scenes in several towns and cities, including Middlesbrough, Rotherham, Bolton, Belfast, Liverpool and Southport, were sparked by the killing of three young girls in Southport at a Taylor Swift-themed…

UK cardinal writes letter in protest of Olympic opening ceremony

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written to Monsignor Eric de Moulins-Beaufort from the Bishops’ Conference of France to share his deep regret at the “scenes of mockery and derision of Christianity” during the Olympics’ opening ceremony in Paris. Archbishop de Moulins-Beaufort had already issued a statement expressing the French bishops’ ‘regret’ at the controversial content during…

Church needs to challenge media message on abuse

Speaking on Joe Duffy’s Liveline programme last week, Deacon Frank Browne, a permanent deacon attached to Rathfarnham Parish, lamented at what he sees as a common “message that’s continually in the media” surrounding the Church and abuse; a message he believes the Church needs to robustly counter by outlining the successes of its safeguarding systems…

Weightlifting champion decides to enter seminary

Will Heller, a 21-year-old from Toledo, Ohio, is a two-time Junior National Medallist and All American, a state record holder in Ohio and Michigan, and the 2023 University National Champion in the 102 kilogram class in weightlifting. However, the weightlifting phenom now has his sights on a more soul-intensive goal – becoming a Catholic priest.…