Covid-19 offers Church a chance to ‘put out into the deep water’, says new bishop

The Covid-19 pandemic gives us the opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Christ and with one another, Ireland’s newest bishop has said. Bishop Paul Dempsey, 49, was ordained the Bishop of Achonry in the Cathedral of the Annunciation and Saint Nathy, Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, on Sunday 30th August, after his original ordination ceremony, planned in... Read More

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August 20, 2020

Prameel Joseph rejoices as ordination dream is fulfilled

Prameel Joseph from St Luke’s in Peterborough has fulfilled a calling he has felt for many years after he was ordained to the diaconate by the Bishop of East Anglia at St John’s Cathedral. When he was younger, Prameel, who is from India, joined the Rosminian Fathers religious congregation. During a discernment at the end... Read More

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August 12, 2020

Ordinations at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh

The Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh recently welcomed two new deacons at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh – Martin Eckersley and Bobby Taylor. In his homily, Archbishop Leo Cushley told them: “The school of the diaconate is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your commitment to Christ and the Church. “It will help you to draw... Read More

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July 22, 2020

Ordination to the priesthood in a time of coronavirus

This month Fr Thomas Kent was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Richard Moth in the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton in this time of coronavirus. The ceremony was very different from normal, in that, only very few clergy, friends and family were able to gather to celebrate with him due... Read More

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June 19, 2020

Bishop of Plymouth invites priests to look back on their ordination day ‘with a sense of deep joy’

In a message for the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of all priests, the Bishop of Plymouth has invited priests to look back on their ordination day “with a sense of deep joy”. Speaking through personal experience, Bishop Mark O’Toole asked all priests to be “grateful to God... Read More

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October 10, 2019

Most Amazon bishops support ‘viri probati’ and women deacons, bishop says

Most bishops who lead dioceses in the Amazon support the ordination of married men of proven virtue, or ‘viri probati’, as a way of addressing the lack of priests in the region, a Brazilian bishop said. Speaking to journalists after a Vatican press briefing on 9th October, retired Bishop Erwin Krautler of Xingu said, “I... Read More

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September 17, 2016

Vatican: Abortion, attempted suicide always obstacles to ordination

The sacredness of human life is so absolute that performing or helping procure an abortion or attempting suicide is an obstacle to ordination as a Catholic priest, even if the man was not Catholic at the time the events occurred, said a new Vatican ruling. Pope Francis approved the definitive interpretation of Church law at... Read More

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May 16, 2016

Pope did not say he’d ordain women deacons, spokesman says

Pope Francis “did not say he intends to introduce a diaconal ordination for women,” and he certainly did not speak about the ordination of women priests, a Vatican spokesman said. Pope Francis met members of the International Union of Superiors General, the leadership group for superiors of women’s orders, on 12th May and accepted a... Read More

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