Priest who supported lorry drivers urges people to help others

A Polish Catholic priest, who provided spiritual sustenance to lorry drivers who were caught up in the recent English Channel disruption, has urged people to not be indifferent in such circumstances and instead “act and go out to people”. Fr Dawid Jasiński, who is in charge of the local Polish Mission in Lewisham, was one... Read More

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December 6, 2020

Beautiful and revealing new film offers glimpse into priest’s life

A new film shot by one of Britain’s leading documentary makers offers a tantalising glimpse of life as a modern priest. Priest chronicles the life of Bradford-based Fr Paul Grogan in the parish of Mary, Mother of God during non-pandemic times from the beginning of Lent to Easter Sunday. It is produced and directed by filmmaker... Read More

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November 17, 2020

Priest, nun to be honoured for social justice work

Carmelite Father Peter Hinde and Mercy Sister Betty Campbell often share an anecdote when receiving foreign visitors at Casa Tabor, the home in a modest Ciudad Juarez neighbourhood near the US border where they’ve lived, worked and welcomed visitors for 25 years. In the anecdote, originating from the time when they began working together in... Read More

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November 12, 2020

Pope meets with missionary priest freed after two-year captivity

Pope Francis recently met with Fr Pierluigi Maccalli, a member of the Society of African Missions, who was freed more than two years after he was kidnapped in Niger. “It was a very, very beautiful meeting. I was very emotional, especially when telling the pope what I had lived through,” Fr Maccalli told Vatican News on 9th November,... Read More

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November 7, 2020

Flowers in church: Seasonal, simple, local are best, priest says

In November, when many Christians say special prayers for their deceased loved ones, chrysanthemums are the flowers seen most often in Italian churches and on Italian graves. A chrysanthemum is liturgically appropriate, Fr Danilo Priori said, not because it has an inherent symbolic value, but because it is plentiful in November, it comes in many colours and,... Read More

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November 6, 2020

Priest relieved as parishioners safe following Turkey earthquake but laments damage to iconic cathedral

A Catholic priest has expressed gratitude that parishioners are safe after their iconic cathedral sustained damages from a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s western city of Izmir on 30th October. The deadliest tremor to hit Turkey in nearly a decade killed at least 115 people, including two teenagers on the nearby Greek island of Samos. The magnitude 7 quake... Read More

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October 26, 2020

Indian opposition parties and UN official protest elderly Jesuit’s arrest

Major opposition parties in India and a United Nations official backed an octogenarian Jesuit priest who was jailed for alleged charges of sedition and links with Maoist rebels and demanded his immediate release. The leaders of the opposition Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam... Read More

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