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4 days ago · Nov 13th, 2024. As the assisted suicide bill was published yesterdat, Tuesday, 12 November, Archbishop John Wilson has urged people to act and raise their voices in opposition to the dangerous proposals. Archbishop John said the threat is "not just physical but moral and spiritual too. We are duty bound to stand up and challenge this attack on ...
UK & Ireland - ICN
2 days ago · The Church Leaders Group (Ireland) met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Hilary Benn, MP, yesterday, 6 November, in Assembly Buildings, Belfast, at what was the Group's first meeting with Mr Benn since he was appointed in July. In a joint statement following the meeting, the Church Leaders said: "During what was a ...
Mill Hill Missionaries celebrate 150 years - ICN
Mar 20th, 2016. Mill Hill Brothers and an Associate with Bishop John Rawsthorne. Thousands packed Westminster Cathedral on Saturday for a special Mass in thanksgiving for the 150th anniversary of St Joseph's Society of Mill Hill. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster was main celebrant, alongside several other bishops, Fr Michael ...
Annual Clonard Solemn Novena begins - ICN
Jun 19th, 2024. The annual Solemn Novena in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Help has begun at Clonard Monastery in West Belfast. The Novena takes place daily from Wednesday 19th June until Thursday 27th June 2024. Masses can be attended online at https://Clonard.com , as well as in person in Belfast. The theme of this year's Novena is Pope ...
St Teresa of Calcutta - ICN
Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 19, 2003. Among those present were hundreds of Missionaries of Charity. Speaking at the beatification Mass, Pope John Paul II declared her blessed, prompting waves of applause before the 300,000 pilgrims in St Peter's Square. In his homily, the Holy Father called Mother Teresa "one of ...
New Bishop for Diocese of Plymouth - ICN
Dec 15, 2023 · Source: CBCEW. Today, Friday 15 December 2023, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Canon Christopher Whitehead as the Tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth. He replaces the former Bishop of Plymouth, the Most Reverend Mark O'Toole who moved to Wales in June 2022 when he was appointed Archbishop of Cardiff and Bishop of Menevia.
Fifteenth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle appointed - ICN
Today, Wednesday 14 June 2023, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rt Rev Stephen Wright as the Fifteenth Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. On hearing the news of his appointment Bishop Stephen said: "My grace is enough for you" (2 Cor 12:9) were the words of Scripture that I prayed most about when I was first appointed a Bishop.
Liverpool: 24 priests celebrate jubilees - ICN
Liverpool: 24 priests celebrate jubilees. This year, 24 priests from the Archdiocese of Liverpool will mark the jubilee of their ordination and will give thanks for a total of 1,125 years of service. There are three priests celebrating their silver jubilee (25 years); six celebrating their ruby jubilee (40 years); nine celebrating their golden ...
World - ICN
5 days ago · In a ceremony in Madrid on January 12, she will be declared a 'Servant of God'. Sr Clare, a Sister of the Home of the Mother order, (SHM) died in the 2016 earthquake in Playa Prieta, Ecuador. Clare Crockett was born in Derry in Northern Ireland on 14 November 1982. As a young child she loved to act and be with her friends.
US & Canada - ICN
Aug 5th, 2024. On Monday, 5 August, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, USA and appointed Bishop Richard Henning of Providence as his successor. The Capuchin Cardinal O'Malley was 80 in June this year. After having served in Florida, the US Virgin Islands, and Fall River since 1992 ...