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

Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerable

ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV declared Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, venerable on March 23, recognizing his

Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerablesmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:05:07+00:00

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Chairmen of several U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees wrote in a letter to key House lawmakers that they

US bishops call on House to advance bill to investigate Indian boarding school legacysmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:05:01+00:00

KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — In 2023, following a major television documentary claiming that St. John Paul II had covered up clerical sexual

Report shows Cardinal Wojtyla’s actions were ‘exemplary’ in abuse cases, refuting previous claimssmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:56+00:00

Kielce Gussie and Fabrizio Peloni / Vatican News ROME (Vatican News) — Chesterton Academy students from across the U.S. kicked off a

Chesterton Academy students from across US make pilgrimage to Romesmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:56+00:00

(OSV News) — The bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the U.S. have issued “a cry for peace and justice,” as they

Eastern Catholic bishops issue ‘cry for peace and justice’ as global conflicts ragesmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:50+00:00

(OSV News) — Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of March 22 as Franciscan friars closed

St. Francis’ relics returned to crypt after monthlong veneration draws 370,000 pilgrimssmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:50+00:00

ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV met with the head of Israel’s Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center at the Vatican March

Pope Leo XIV meets head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial centersmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:44+00:00

VATICAN CITY (Vatican News) — Universal health coverage is not “merely a technical goal to be achieved” but is a “moral imperative,” Pope

Universal health coverage is not a luxury but ‘a moral imperative,’ pope sayssmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:44+00:00

(OSV News) — Nebraska’s Catholic archbishop expressed his joy at the Vatican’s March 23 announcement that Boys Town founder and youth advocate Father

‘Venerable’ Boys Town founder Father Flanagan ‘a model of charity,’ says Omaha archbishopsmccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:44+00:00

Written by Deacon Omar F.A. Gutierrez, Archdiocese of Omaha (OSV News) — In the early 1940s, a young boy sought out Father

Who was Venerable Father Flanagan, Boys Town founder?smccorkpriestir2026-03-24T00:04:44+00:00