smccorkpriestir, Author at Syro Malabar Catholic Church Community, Cork Ireland

What is the point of a pilgrimage?

(OSV News) — What is the point of a pilgrimage? Where did this idea come from for Catholics? There is considerable evidence

What is the point of a pilgrimage?smccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:07:12+00:00

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world

Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope sayssmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:07:12+00:00

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Since the morning of March 19, Roland Bassir has not been able to access the quarry and concrete plant

Residents turn to resistance in faith as settler violence terrorizes West Bank Christian villagesmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:07:06+00:00

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments March 24 in a case concerning a policy of turning away asylum-seekers

Supreme Court weighs whether policy of turning away asylum-seekers at border can be reinstatedsmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:07:01+00:00

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal for a ceasefire in the ongoing U.S. and Israel-Iran war in comments to

Pope Leo XIV calls for dialogue, not weapons, as Iran war enters 4th weeksmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:06:55+00:00

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has named Australian Archbishop Anthony Randazzo as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, the

Pope Leo XIV names Australian archbishop prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Textssmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:06:55+00:00

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, on March 24 joined Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester,

Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron push back on claims of anti-Catholic bias from former commissionersmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:06:55+00:00

LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — A historic Bernardine monastery complex and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the western Ukraine city of

Russian drone strikes damage historic church, monastery in Lviv ahead of Holy Weeksmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:06:55+00:00

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The future of efforts to eliminate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa may depend in part on a U.S. policy

New US global health policy seen as a way to eliminate malaria in concert with faith leaderssmccorkpriestir2026-03-26T00:06:55+00:00

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (OSV News) — Pro-life advocates on March 19 called on nearly 3,000 marchers at the Illinois State Capitol to oppose

Illinois advocates warn against effort to enshrine abortion, gender transition in state constitutionsmccorkpriestir2026-03-25T00:05:20+00:00