Thousands of pilgrims hiked up Ireland's holiest mountain for the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage, held for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The pilgrimage traditionally is held the last Sunday of July, but it ...
Archbishop Martin told CNS June 18: "One of the things that is coming across is the (pre-)synodal conversations is an awful lot of people are very passionate about their faith in Jesus Christ, very much ...
In April, a new organization was formed to share information and devotion to Irish priest Father Willie Doyle, a chaplain during World War I who died trying to save two soldiers. In a new article ...
The Irish government said a COVID-19-related ban on Catholics attending Mass will be lifted May 10. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin made the announcement in an address to the nation April 29 as he revealed a ...
The head of the Irish bishops' conference said the government's move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of COVID-19 regulations was a "potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights." "The precise provisions are ...
Pope Francis has elevated the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock to the status of an International Shrine of Eucharistic and Marian Devotion. In a message delivered from the Vatican via video link March ...
Ireland's Catholic bishops plan to hold a synod within the next five years to -- among other things -- hear from people who were raised Catholic but have walked away from the church. A March 10 ...
An Irish government commission that spent five years investigating the treatment of unmarried mothers in state-funded church-run homes in Ireland said the blame for their "harsh treatment" rests primarily with their families, but that both ...
Pope Francis has chosen Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's successor in Dublin. The appointment is one of the most significant in the Irish church, involving oversight of the largest and most secular ...
The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. ...
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Cardinal Czerny said a revival of tourism that respects its workers, the environment and tourists can be “a factor of sustainable development” that enriches a country’s cultural heritage and benefits host countries and communities.
Dialogue, sustainability should be a forefront of tourism
While tourism was severely affected by COVID-19, the pandemic may also present an opportunity to revitalize and rene...
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As the Tampa Bay area on Florida’s west coast prepared for what was expected to be a direct hit from Hurricane Ian, Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg invited all in the diocese to pray to God "as we face this serious threat.”
Florida bishop invites all to pray for God's protection from Hurricane Ian
As the Tampa Bay area on Florida's west coast prepared for what was expected to be a direct hit from Hurricane...
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