Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin joined Mangalorean Catholics – an ethno-religious community who are Latin-rite Catholics from the Diocese of Mangalore on the southwestern coast of present-day Karnataka, India – in their celebration of Christmas. Also present were Fr Suresh Babu, a Camilian priest, currently chaplain in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Fr Patrick McCarthy, chaplain in MUH, Cork. 200 students receive JPII awards in Kildare and Leighlin More than 200 students received their John Paul II awards in a celebration at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow. Of the 209 recipients, 46 received papal crosses, 115 gold medals, 34 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty said…
