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

Pope to cardinals: You are not experts promoting agendas, but a community of faith

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV gathered cardinals present for the extraordinary consistory this week for an early morning Mass Jan.

Pope to cardinals: You are not experts promoting agendas, but a community of faithsmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:30+00:00

(OSV News) — The Archdiocese of St. Louis filed a Dec. 23 motion seeking to have several counts dismissed in a lawsuit

Archdiocese of St. Louis files to dismiss abuse charges, citing state law, case precedentsmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:30+00:00

Q: Some Evangelical friends were recently quizzing me on the Catholic understanding of baptism. They were especially asking about Jesus’ baptism, and

Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?smccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:30+00:00

(OSV News) — This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily Jan. 8, 2026, at the morning Mass of the Extraordinary

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s homily at morning Mass of the Extraordinary Consistory, Jan. 8, 2026smccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:30+00:00

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is continuing his call for prayers after police said a woman was pronounced dead following

Archbishop Hebda calls for prayers after woman shot dead by ICE officer in Minneapolissmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:30+00:00

(OSV News) — A Nigerian bishop urged intensified military action to “eliminate” bandits and their hideouts in the Kainji Game Reserve amid

Nigerian bishop calls for decisive military action to ‘eliminate’ banditssmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:29+00:00

CHICAGO (OSV News) — The Thomas More Society announced Jan. 6 it would pursue a rehearing of its case against California’s laws that

Federal appeals court blocks injunction against California’s ‘student gender secrecy laws’smccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:29+00:00

(OSV News) — Victims of abuse are cautiously optimistic regarding an agreement between the Catholic Church and the Spanish government that would

Church, government officials in Spain sign reparations agreement for abuse victimssmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:29+00:00

(OSV News) — Crowds gathered in the French coastal town of Saint-Tropez to bid a final farewell to actress Brigitte Bardot. The casket

Hundreds bid ‘adieu’ to Brigitte Bardot at funeral in Saint-Tropezsmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:29+00:00

(OSV News) — The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is back for 2026 with a special route that will travel the East Coast from St.

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is back in 2026 — with a patriotic twistsmccorkpriestir2026-01-08T22:23:29+00:00