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‘I fight the good fight, the good fight of faith’

August 12, 2022

Few priests have Fr Gerry’s charisma as well as moral clarity on the leading issues facing the Church and society today.

Diary: A heartening weekend at the Colloquium of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy

June 28, 2022

Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, habitare fratres in unum – Psalm 133 As I reflect on my experience of lockdown as a new priest appointed to four parishes in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, it is not the fact that I regularly had to celebrate three funeral services a day – the terror of giving the

Italian bishop granted early retirement after begging to return to missionary work

April 24, 2017

Bishop Gianfranco Todisco asked to be sent 'to the farthest, most disadvantaged' diocese

US priest’s home raided by police on St Patrick’s Day in Mexico

March 21, 2017

Fr Robert Coogan alleges officers tried to plant drugs during the raid

Cardinal Connell of Dublin dies at 90

February 21, 2017

Cardinal Connell spent 16 years leading the Archdiocese of Dublin

Auxiliary bishop punched during Mass says he’s doing well

January 31, 2017

Fr Manuel Cruz was punched in the mouth at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark

Bishops to speak against death penalty for man accused of killing priest

January 31, 2017

Fr Rene Robert, from Florida, was murdered in April

Man punches auxiliary bishop during Mass at US church

January 30, 2017

The Mass was being celebrated in honour of baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente

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