Rosary inspires recipes as parishioners launch cookbook

Sunday Rosary sessions have helped inspire parishioners in Queensferry, Dalmeny and Kirkliston to create a tastebud tingling cookbook! Over thirty budding chefs got creative to contribute their cuisine – with recipes from across the world – to raise funds for St Margaret’s Parish. Parishioner Elizabeth Miller said: “We were doing Rosary on Zoom every Sunday... Read More

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May 27, 2020

Pope to lead world shrines in rosary prayer for pandemic

Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pope will pray at the replica of the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens on 30th May, the eve of Pentecost, and will also be joined by several “men and... Read More

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May 5, 2020

May? Time to give Rosary a go for Mary

The Bishop of Limerick has asked families to consider continuing their reconnection with faith and prayer by ‘giving the Rosary a go’ in May, the month of Marian devotion. Bishop Brendan Leahy said that May is the month traditionally dedicated to Mary, the ‘mother of family’, and asked that the public accepts Pope Francis’ invitation... Read More

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April 27, 2020

Pope composes prayers for end of pandemic to be recited after Rosary

Pope Francis asked Catholics to make a special effort in May to pray the Rosary, knowing that by doing so they will be united with believers around the world asking for Mary’s intercession in stopping the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary, our mother, will make us even more... Read More

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October 17, 2019

Vatican launches ‘eRosary’ bracelet to appeal to youth

The Vatican is looking to encourage young people who are keen on technology to pray by launching an “eRosary” bracelet. Promoted as a combination of “the best of the Church’s spiritual tradition and the latest advances of the technological world,” the bracelet was launched by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network on 15 October. October has... Read More

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September 17, 2019

Pope blesses icon for the people of Syria

Pope Francis has blessed an icon bound for the people of Syria as part of an initiative by a leading Catholic charity to enkindle faith and hope in a country shattered by suffering. The icon of the Our Lady of Sorrows, Consoler of the Syrian People, was blessed by the pontiff at a private ceremony... Read More

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September 13, 2019

Downton Abbey writer is after more faith

The creator and writer of Downton Abbey has opened up about his Catholic faith, admitting that he envies those with an “unfettered, unbounded, child-like faith” and would like to believe more firmly than he does. Speaking to Aled Jones in Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge, London, during a recent episode of Songs of Praise, Lord Julian... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

August 13, 2019

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

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

March 13, 2019

‘Scourge of abuse, internal attacks’ mark pope’s sixth year in office

Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on “those who came before us” in an attempt “to present ourselves as ‘pure’,” said the editorial director of the Vatican media outlets. The Church today must ask God to free it from evil, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication. On the... Read More

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