This weeks international news
Opposition to college award for Irish PM
May 17th, 2013 | 
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Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley has denounced plans by Boston College, Massachusetts, in the US, to award an honorary degree to Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny as the Irish Government attempts to legalise abortion.
Mr Kenny is scheduled to be the principal speaker at Boston College commencement exercises on May 20 (Monday). The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts had urged Catholics to oppose the invitation to Mr Kenny, and to express their concerns to officials at the Jesuit-run school, to Jesuit superiors, and to Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley.
In a public statement, the Catholic Action League said its opposition centred on ... continue reading.
Pope Francis make 800 martyrs new saints
May 13th, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS
Pope Francis Canonised 800 Italian men and women on Sunday in the largest group Canonisation in recent Vatican history, and the first of his Papacy.... continue reading.
Pope Francis welcomes Coptic Pope Tawadros II
May 10th, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS
Holy Father prays for ‘full unity’ between their Churches during historic meeting at Vatican... continue reading.
Irish bishops stand against abortion bill
May 10th, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS
Ireland’s Catholic bishops have taken a strong, opposing stand against a bill that would legalise abortion in cases when the health of the mother is deemed at risk. ... continue reading.
Holy Father includes slum visit in his WYD plans
May 7th, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS
Pope Francis will visit one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, or slums, during his weeklong visit to Brazil for World Youth Day (WYD), his first foreign trip since his election.... continue reading.
Irish abortion bill is worse than Britain’s Abortion Act, says SPUC
May 3rd, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS
The draft bill on abortion published on Wednesday by the Irish Government is worse that Britain’s 1967 Abortion Act, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC).... continue reading.
Historic Turin cloth still shrouded in mystery, one researcher claims
May 1st, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS
A Jewish member of the research team that originally investigated the Shroud of Turin in the 1970s has said it remains a scientific mystery.... continue reading.
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