Pope Francis has cleared the way for Mother Teresa to be made Saint by approving a decree recognising a second miracle attributed to her intercession with God which is a necessary event for such a move in the Catholic church. Mother Teresa’s second miracle involved the inexplicable healing of a …
Papal documents like the recent Laudato Si by Pope Francis aren’t usually the top choice resource for teachers, particularly at primary school level. However, Pope Francis’ recent pronouncement on the environment and our modern lifestyle in his encyclical Laudato Si has proven to be accessible for all ages. This is what …
According to the “Irish Catholic” newspaper, Pope Francis has not changed the criteria under which the Church grants a marriage annulment – the process by which the Church decides that a union between a man and a woman, even if they had a Church wedding, is not a valid marriage …
Dublin abuse survivor, Marie Collins, now advises Pope Francis on child protection and is a member of the only Vatican commission with direct access to him. Marie got the invitation to join the Vatican Commission for the Protection of Minors last year and believes it arose from a 2012 Vatican …
August is the birth Bicentenary of great educator and founder of the Salesian Order, Saint John Bosco. His original name was Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco, who later became better known as Don Bosco and to most of us in English speaking world, as St John Bosco. To mark the bicentenary, Pope …
Irish Catholic leaders have praised the large turnout at the weekend Rally for Life, saying that it should give the Irish Government and civic leaders reason to pause before any attempt to relax Irish abortion laws. It was estimated that as many as 25,000 pro-life rally campaigners marched through the …
The “climate change pope” Pope Francis also known as the “pope of the poor” returned to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time as pontiff yesterday, stressing the importance of protecting the needy and the environment from exploitation and – in a nation whose president was booed as his vehicle …
Catholic bishops’ spokesman on migration, Bishop John Kirby has called on the Irish Government to take more of the Mediterranean migrants rescued from the sea off the coast of Italy. Speaking to the Irish Independent following the launch of a new book on the work of the Irish Emigrant Chaplaincy in …
The recent Pope Francis Encyclical on the environment and climate change is now available from the Abbey Bookshop in Limerick and at the Abbey Bookshop website. The controversial encyclical is openly critical of much of our modern throwaway lifestyle which shows little or no regard for poor people or the …