Boom time for Westminster seminaries
Allen Hall, the Diocese of Westminster’s seminary in London, has witnessed an increase in the number of men joining the priesthood, at a time when national figures are far from positive. Eleven men...
View ArticlePope to meet Sarkozy in Italy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Pope Benedict during his trip to Italy in October, the Vatican has confirmed. Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi has said the meeting is scheduled for...
View ArticleIrish archbishops travel to Rome to prepare for Visitation
The four archbishops of Ireland will travel to Rome next week to meet members of the Apostolic Visitation – the body appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to address the clerical handling of the sexual abuse...
View ArticleHyde Park vigil was ‘beyond words’, says Archbishop
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster has said the silence of 80,000 people praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament at Hyde Park was “something beyond words”. The Archbishop said in a video...
View ArticleBishop of Shrewsbury installed at Mass in cathedral
Bishop Mark Davies has been installed as the new Bishop of Shrewsbury during a Mass in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter of Alcantara. The 51-year-old bishop, who had...
View ArticleClaims about MacKillop’s excommunication are false, says postulator
Claims that Blessed Mary MacKillop was excommunicated for speaking out about an abusive priest are false, according to the postulator of her Cause. Recent media reports have said that Mary MacKillop...
View ArticlePope urges journalists to ‘help orient man to Christ’
Pope Benedict addressed members of the Catholic media at the World Press Congress in Rome yesterday, urging them to “help contemporary man to orient himself to Christ”. The four-day conference,...
View ArticlePope ‘understands’ criticism of his handling of abuse crisis, says author
Pope Benedict XVI “understands” the criticism that he did “too little, too late” in response to the clerical abuse crisis, according to the author of a new book about the Pontiff. The author, Peter...
View ArticlePoll: Most British people think helping others is key to happiness
More than half of Britons believe helping others in Britain and abroad is important to achieving happiness, according to a new poll. The poll, which was carried out by Catholic aid agency Cafod,...
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