Dublin selected as venue for 9th World Meeting of Families by Pope Francis as Archbishops Diarmuid Martin and Eamon Martin welcome announcement.
Challenges currently facing the Irish Church are a springboard of opportunity for a new evangelisation of the Church in Ireland: Archbishop Eamon Martin.
“A culture of machismo, superficial ideas of love, unreal and illusory notions of romance - all of these can undermine tenderness in relationships today."
Pontiff to celebrate outdoor Mass for over a million pilgrims at World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.
Thousands of pilgrims expected to attend two-day celebration of faith in Knock which will also be attended by the Primate of All Ireland and the Papal Nuncio.
"The Golden Rule also reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.”
The Sustainable Development Goals summit will open today with an historic address from Pope Francis.
“Climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation” Pontiff warns in White House address.
Politicians and theologians grapple with Laudato Si at the National Conference on Climate Change and the Environment in Balally.
The pastoral care of marriage and the family will be the key focus of the national congress this weekend.
"The majority of schools have space to enrol children and would be happy to do so' - Catholic Primary Schools Management Association.
An “unacceptable level of child poverty” is affecting over 100,000 children, roughly 6% of Northern Ireland’s population and “constitutes a real crisis”.
"The challenge we face is not just about what the Parish Pastoral Council of 2020 will look like, but what will the Church look like in 2020."
Seven modern 'dolors': abortion, neglect of the earth, displacement of refugees, trafficking, addiction, assisted suicide or euthanasia & indifference.
There needs to be a clear exit strategy from modular housing and the use of hotels for families.
The family, consisting of a father, mother and their two children, are from Damascus and are Greek Melkite Catholics.
On Syria and Iraq Pontiff appeals, “We need to find a solution, which is never a violent one, because violence only creates new wounds”.
Over 10 years ago, Archbishop Martin began promoting the concept of lay people working in partnership with clergy in running parishes.
Widespread dismay at continuing construction of Cremisan Valley wall which will separate 58 Christian families from their lands and livelihood.
Professor John Fitzgerald, chair of the advisory committee to the Government on the environment, will address the conference on ‘Ecology and Economics’.
Twenty priests from ten parishes were involved in ministering to those caught up in the events of Easter week on both sides of the divide.
Rev Roger Grainger was “gregarious and gifted” and had only recently bought a cottage at Doogort on the island.
Bishop Brendan Leahy urges grandparents to help their grandchildren in the faith at 2015 Catholic Grandparents Pilgrimage in Knock.
Incorporation of St Patrick's College by Mary Immaculate College will establish one of the biggest teacher-training colleges outside Dublin.
Presidents of Bishops' Conferences of Europe visit Holy Land to “express solidarity” with Christians and others suffering there.
“Once again the ugly consequences of war have caused multitudes of good people to take great risks as they seek refuge in foreign lands.”
"We remember in our prayers those who have had to flee from their homelands that they may find peace through the welcome of believers in Jesus Christ."
President of the German bishops’ conference says the problem of Catholics who are divorced and remarried must be addressed by the synod.
“I welcome Parliament’s recognition of the grave risks that this bill posed to the lives of our society’s most vulnerable people” - Archbishop Peter Smith.
It is “heartening to see that priority will be given to unaccompanied minors and that family reunification will be supported” - Eamonn Meehan.
