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Former Highland Radio presenter studying for the priesthood

A former Highland Radio presenter who is studying for the priesthood is the focus of a major radio documentary to be broadcast next Monday. Shaun Doherty was, for 30 years, a hugely successful broadcaster. Every day he presented the main talk show ...

12 Apr 2022 at 10:20

National News

Fake baptism on stage at music festival condemned by Vatican as 'profane'

The Vatican and an Italian Catholic bishop have protested over a performance at Italy’s Sanremo music festival that featured a “profane” faux baptism on stage that was broadcast on public television. On the opening night of the annual song ...

03 Feb 2022 at 11:57

Local News

Drought exposes ancient imperial bridge

Italy’s worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century. Two piers of Nero’s Bridge have been visible much of the ...

25 Aug 2022 at 16:21

National News

Catholics mourn former pope at funeral in St Peter's Square

Pope Francis has honoured his predecessor Benedict XVI, presiding over a rare requiem Mass for a dead pontiff by a living one in front of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square. Bells tolled and the faithful applauded on Thursday ...

05 Jan 2023 at 12:51

National News

Giving reading at Benedict XVI funeral ‘an honour’, says Donegal woman

An Irish woman who gave a reading at the funeral of the former pope Benedict XVI has said it was an honour. Thousands of mourners gathered in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday for the rare event of a requiem Mass for a ...

05 Jan 2023 at 14:49

National News

Pope suggests people have a 'moral obligation' to get Covid-19 vaccine

Pope Francis suggested that getting vaccinated against coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives. Francis ...

10 Jan 2022 at 13:17

National News

Pope celebrates Easter with big crowd in flower-adorned Vatican square

Pope Francis opened a celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday joined by dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square, where spring flowers made the vast space bright. Orange-red tulips, ...

09 Apr 2023 at 11:48

National News

Pope hints at 'secret mission' to end war in Ukraine ahead of Russian Orthodox meeting

Pope Francis has greeted the foreign envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church, just days after revealing a secret “mission” is under way to try to put an end to the war in Ukraine. Metropolitan Anthony attended Francis’ weekly ...

03 May 2023 at 14:59

World

Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday Mass after hospital stay

Pope Francis has opened the celebration Mass in St Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, presiding at his first ceremony after his hospital stay for bronchitis. On a cloudy morning, Francis wore a long, ivory-coloured coat as he ...

02 Apr 2023 at 10:45

National News

Pope Francis battled hoarse voice during Palm Sunday mass after bout of bronchitis

Pope Francis battled a hoarse voice and was bundled up in a thick coat as he presided over a Mass in St Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left hospital following treatment ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:28

National News

Pope Francis expected to be discharged from hospital after bronchitis treatment

Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis, the Vatican has said. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Francis’s recovery has been “normal” and he ...

31 Mar 2023 at 12:47

National News

Pope Francis to spend ‘several days’ in hospital with infection

The Vatican has said Pope Francis will be hospitalised for several days for treatment of a pulmonary infection after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the pontiff, ...

30 Mar 2023 at 10:12

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