Priest asks mourners for prayers as their funeral gift, not cigs, beer and football kits

An Irish priest has voiced his concern over ‘inappropriate’ items, such as football jerseys, beer, cigarettes and mobile phones, being brought to the altar during funeral Masses. Fr Tomás Walsh, parish priest of Church of the Ascension, Gurranabraher, in Cork, instead suggested items that tell mourners something ‘uplifting’ about the deceased person would be more... Read More

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July 16, 2018

Mount St Bernard Abbey selling thousands of bottles of beer every day

The monks at Mount St Bernard Abbey have revealed that they are selling thousands of bottles of beer every day. As reported in The Universe on 6th July, Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire has become the first Trappist brewery in the UK and only the 12th officially recognised in the world. The monks decided... Read More

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May 25, 2018

Cardinal: Communion cannot be shared with friends like beer or cake

Holy Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends like beer or cake, said a former senior adviser to two popes. Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze said any moves to give greater access to Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics and to non-Catholic spouses of Catholics... Read More

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August 20, 2017

Cheers! Rev James gives the Thirsty Priests their own beer

South Wales-based Brains Brewery has renamed one of its beers after a group of trainee priests who were initially turned away from a pub after a member of staff mistook them for a stag do. The brewery has renamed The Rev James beer ‘Thirsty Priests’ in the pub where the incident happened, as a tribute... Read More

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