by Michael McG | May 10, 2024 | Talks, Retreats and Lectures, ADoRe charismatic renewal, Organisations, Evangelisation
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you?” (1 Corinthians 6:19)How often do we consider the amazing truth St Paul speaks about, that the Holy Spirit of the first Pentecost really lives in us? There is an opportunity to...
by Michael McG | May 10, 2024 | Catholic Bishop's Conference
Bishop John Sherrington, lead bishop for life issues for the Bishops’ Conference, has released a statement on the Criminal Justice Bill expressing his deep concern about two tabled amendments that seek to liberalise abortion laws, set to be debated next week...
by Michael McG | May 9, 2024 | John Paul Centre, Diocese, Obituaries, Pastoral Centres
A priest who was named Middlesbrough’s Citizen of the Year for his dedication to the poor and marginalised at the town’s John Paul Centre has died four days after his 81st birthday.Redemptorist Father Gerry Mulligan CSsR passed away in hospital in Glasgow on March 15...
by Michael McG | May 9, 2024 | Voice Column
On May 25 and 26 the first World Children’s Day takes place at St Peter’s. For the first time ever, the Pope has invited thousands of children from across the world to come to Rome to get to know one another, to play and to pray together. As you can read in the main...
by Michael McG | May 7, 2024 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
In this month’s Pope Video, Pope Francis dedicates his prayer intention to the formation of seminarians and men and women religious.In his video message, disseminated through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, he says “every vocation is a ‘diamond in the rough’ that...