Pope to arrive for the World Meeting of Families
2018-08-24
Dublin: Thousands of people are expected to attend the World Meeting of Familes which starts in Dublin on Wednesday and culminates in an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis in the Phoenix Park on Sunday. The event will hear from a variety of speakers on issues such as family, homelessness, migrants and refugees, safety inContinue Reading
In historic move, Irish nuns give up three Dublin hospitals
2017-05-31
Dublin, Ireland: Ireland’s Sisters of Charity will end their management of three Dublin hospitals, the sisters have announced, saying they will hand over control to a group that will not follow Catholic medical ethics. “Although the Sisters of Charity no longer have any direct involvement in the provision of healthcare servicesContinue Reading
Protestant, declared ‘Blessed’ by Catholic Church
2017-05-14
Dublin,Ireland: The beatification of Jesuit priest Fr John Sullivan at the St Francis Xavier church on Dublin’s Gardiner Street Saturday morning is at once a tribute to the cordinal relations among churches in the city but also to the distance Rome itself has travelled ecumenically these recent years. Nurtured andContinue Reading
Protests in Ireland over Catholic ownership of hospital
2017-04-21
Dublin: Public pressure mounted today on the Irish government over plans to give ownership of a new 300- million-euro maternity hospital to a Catholic religious order mired in historical abuse of women. More than 60,000 people have signed a petition and a number of demonstrations have been organised against theContinue Reading
Ireland prepares for papal visit and World Meeting of Families
2017-03-29
Dublin, Ireland: Just a little more than a year away, the Archdiocese of Dublin released a video Wednesday inviting families from around the world to come together in Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in August 2018. “I’m very pleased to have been asked to host this meeting, andContinue Reading