by Oisin Walsh | Jul 29, 2016 | News archive 2016
His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation on health grounds of Most Reverend Seamus Freeman SAC, Bishop of Ossory. This announcement was made today in Rome at 12:00 local time (11:00am Irish time). ENDS Notes for Editors Life and ministry of Bishop...
by Oisin Walsh | Jul 29, 2016 | News archive 2016
His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Most Reverend Martin Drennan, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora, on grounds of ill health and on medical advice. This announcement was made today in Rome at 12:00 local...
by Oisin Walsh | Jul 29, 2016 | News archive 2016
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Father Fintan Monahan as the new Bishop of Killaloe. This announcement will be made today in the Vatican at 12.00pm local time (11.00am Irish time). This morning, media are invited to attend at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and...
by Chah Garde | Jul 27, 2016 | News archive 2016
“A pilgrim and a tourist may follow the same itinerary, but the pilgrim is on a sacred journey in which God is encountered through people, places and situations” – Bishop Denis Nulty Bishop Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, has delivered a reflection this...
by Chah Garde | Jul 27, 2016 | News archive 2016
Archbishop Charles J Brown to preach this year’s Croagh Patrick homily 20,000 pilgrims are expected to climb Ireland’s holy mountain on Reek Sunday This Sunday, 31 July, Archbishop Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam, will lead the 2016 national Reek Sunday pilgrimage...
