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“Oh, Mary! We crown thee….” The closing of so many Catholic churches in the Baltimore area, where I lived for 60 years, and the turning of the calendar to May triggers memories of my childhood when Catholic families were preparing their children for their First Holy Communion and the May Procession to honor Mary, the […]

Screenshot from X / @rustyrockets Newly baptized actor and podcaster Russell Brand posted a video Friday (May 17) about taking holy communion for the first time. In it, the 48-year-old discussed rituals in a society based on rationalism and quoted late theologian Timothy Keller. “I took my first holy communion. That means I drank the […]

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed a 16-month prison term on father of five Sean Fitzsimons (35) for the sale and supply of €28,000 worth of cocaine in Ennis in April 2021. Mr Fitzsimons had pleaded guilty to the possession of the cocaine with intent to sell or supply at an address on […]

On Thursday, 16 May, Pope Francis received in audience Metropolitan Agathanghelos, Director General, Apostolikí Diakonía of the Church of Greece, and a Delegation of the Theological College of Athens. The Apostolikí Diakonía of the Church of Greece and the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity have been commemorating 20 […]

Among the many urgent questions raised by the Synods on the Family in 2014 and 2015 and the current Synod on Synodality – questions that will inevitably bear on the next papal conclave – is that of unity: in what, precisely, does the unity of the Church consist? What is the content of the “one” […]

Pope Francis meets with the Metropolitan Agathanghelos, Director General of the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece, and a Delegation of the Theological College of Athens. He thanks them for two decades of cooperation between the Church of Greece and the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration. By Sr. Francine-Marie Cooper, ISSM “It is the […]

During their May 15 meeting, bishops and deputies on the Prayer Book, Liturgy & Music committees deliberate on how they want to proceed on a proposed resolution regarding the canonical requirement of baptism before receiving Communion. Photo: Zoom screenshot [Episcopal News Service] In a May 15 meeting, bishops and deputies on the Prayer Book, Liturgy […]

An Episcopal church in Austin, TX is currently gearing up for their third annual “pride eucharist.” While the meaning of communion according to Scripture has always been to remember that Jesus’ body was broken and His blood was shed on the cross for our sins, Jubilee Episcopal Church has decided to give an entirely new […]

Finley McGurn, dad Jonnny, mum Julie, siblings, Shay, Ruby and Casey. Posted: 12:13 pm May 16, 2024 PHOTO GALLERY… Derrygonnelly First Holy Communion 2024 Saorlaith Corrigan, dad Mark, mum Karen and brother Caolán. Tierney Dundas, dad Ciaran, mum Finola and brother Ordhràn. Grace Francis, parents Barry and Kerri, siblings Fiadh and Daithí Niamh Carroll with […]

COONS RAPIDS, Minn. (OSV News) — No mom would ever want to spend Mother’s Day like this: in a hospital room with a 7-year-old son paralyzed from the waist down and told by doctors he might never walk again. Such was the scenario one year ago on May 14 for Jessica Dahlberg of Epiphany in […]