Rome parishes to lend classroom space to public schools

Public schools in Rome, like elsewhere in the world, are scrambling to ensure the safety of students and staff while also resuming classroom instruction. The Diocese of Rome has offered to help with one big problem: finding enough space to educate students sitting at desks or tables six feet apart. This week, Cardinal Angelo De... Read More

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July 29, 2020

German bishops continue debate over Vatican document on parishes

The Vatican instruction on the reform of Catholic parishes continues to stir debate in Germany, where some bishops say the current parish model with a priest in charge is no longer sustainable because of a lack of vocations. Former Cardinal Walter Kasper defended the paper following widespread criticism, such as by Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of... Read More

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May 13, 2020

Nashville parishes begin long process of rebuilding after March tornado

The historic Church of the Assumption in Nashville has started the long walk back from the damage it sustained from the tornadoes that swept across the middle of Tennessee in March. The repairs to the church, which was built in 1859 to serve German-speaking Catholics in Nashville, could take several years to complete and will... Read More

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April 30, 2020

Catholic bishops call on parishes to give practical support victims of domestic abuse

The Domestic Abuse Group of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has issued guidance on how Catholic parishes can support victims of domestic abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the UK-wide Covid-19 lockdown began on 23rd March, there has been a 49 per cent increase in calls and online requests for help relating... Read More

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April 29, 2020

Spain’s parishes adapt pastoral services during pandemic

When Fr Peio Sanchez founded his “field hospital” in an old monastery building in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017, he hoped it would offer some refuge to the Mediterranean city’s 3,300 homeless inhabitants. Today, during the Covid-19 pandemic, people line up in all weather for food, clothing, masks and medicines. Santa Anna parish publishes a daily... Read More

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April 23, 2020

Toolkit for parishes to help people in the Covid-19 pandemic

Caritas Social Action Network and the St Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales) have released a new Toolkit to help Catholic parishes and groups develop safe, local responses to people in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Toolkit addresses the Christian call to step out in love to those excluded and at risk, throughout... Read More

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August 2, 2019

Love Island criticised for promoting and normalising cosmetic surgery

Parishes and schools have been reminded of their important role in addressing issues youngsters have with their body image, amid growing concerns that many young people are being corrupted by TV shows such as Love Island. “It’s a sad reflection on our modern society that young adults need to seek meaning and purpose in their... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

March 24, 2019

Ireland considers plans for seminarians to spend more time in parishes

Under new plans being considered, Irish seminarians would spend most of their time working in parishes rather than in the traditional seminary environment. The plans would allow for more time involved in active pastoral work alongside priests and lay pastoral workers and would, according to one bishop, give them a more realistic insight into priesthood... Read More

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December 6, 2018

Cardinal Nichols thanks everyone for prayers following illness

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has thanked everyone for their prayers following his recent illness. The cardinal was taken ill last month at an Armistice Day service on Remembrance Sunday and had to leave Westminster Cathedral. Writing to parishes and priests in the Diocese of Westminster earlier this month, Cardinal Nichols, who is gradually returning to his... Read More

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