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Church services " The Irish Times
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (687+ words) Week beginning Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 Week beginning Saturday, May 2nd, 2026. National Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Dublin THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER " 09. 15 EUCHARIST " said in the Lady Chapel. 11. 15 CHORAL EUCHARIST " sung by the Lay Vicars Choral " Davy: Missa Brevis, Davy: O Salutaris hostia,…...
Pope Leo designates St Mary's Pro Cathedral as Dublin's Catholic cathedral
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (804+ words) Dublin's Pro Cathedral, St Mary's, has been officially designated as the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin by Pope Leo XIV. Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell said: "It is with great joy that I am pleased to announce that the…...
Rise of "new Catholics" hardens battle lines between US and the Vatican
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1697+ words) JD Vance had been a Catholic convert for two years when, as an invited speaker at a conference of the Catholic conservative Napa Institute in California in 2021, he mused on what he should do when he disagrees with the pope....
End game: Deirdre Nuttall on how rapture theology " now popular in the US " has Irish origins
1+ week, 3+ day ago (656+ words) Rapture theology, like many of the odder variants on Christian eschatology, which is theology about the end of the world, is big in the United States. Not just is it taken seriously by a substantial cohort of evangelical Christians, but…...
Even Judas couldn't hold an Easter candle to one Irishman for betrayal
3+ week, 4+ day ago (412+ words) It's Easter Monday. Thought you should know that in case you overdid the chocolate, even the alcohol, in recent days and now are uncertain who you are, where you are, what day it is. [This "gentle reminder" is just another…...
Opinion: Denial of a vocation to women isn't just "discomfort', it is spiritual abuse
3+ week, 5+ day ago (905+ words) On Easter morning, the Risen Christ chose to appear first to Mary of Magdala. He commissioned her as his representative and spokesperson to "Go and tell" the Good News to the others. Mary of Magdala is the first apostle, the…...
Pope Leo's Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children
3+ week, 6+ day ago (463+ words) Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with "thousands of Catholics inside Rome's Colosseum on Friday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant "children, and a warning to world leaders that their decisions will be judged by God…...
Like a new window was opened: New Catholics on why they are converting to the church this Easter
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (1382+ words) Mario Dur'n Dom'nguez decided to become Catholic a year ago. The 39-year-old native of Madrid in Spain, who has been living in Ireland for more than four years and leads bus tours for Spanish-speaking tourists across the island, suffered a…...
Israel allows access to Jerusalem church after blocking a Catholic leader
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (365+ words) Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he is restoring access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after police prevented a Catholic leader from holding Mass on Palm Sunday, prompting international backlash. Israeli authorities cited concern for the…...
Opinion: Scandal of eucharistic division in the Churches is not felt as scandal at all
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (573+ words) The coming Maundy Thursday will call to mind the Last Supper and Christ's institution of the Eucharist. While it is often referred to as the sacrament of unity, the Eucharist paradoxically remains a focus of disunity. The issue of Eucharistic…...