The friary, which over many years had been the novitiate of the Irish Franciscans, is now an inter-provincial novitiate, with novices coming from Ireland, Great Britain, Germany and Holland.

“Just recently it was decided that Mount Melleray would be a good community going forward into the future. We needed an abbot and we elected Richard and he accepted.”

“ERD will ensure people living in poverty are at the centre of everything we do and every decision we make”.

Fr Paschal Slevin’s life as a Catholic missionary “highlights his basic humanitarian, rather than strictly political, contribution to the quality of life of the citizens of his adopted country.”

One of the world’s poorest countries before the conflict erupted in 2013, South Sudan is now facing violence, illness and extreme poverty, which are destroying the lives of millions.

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo is the first African to hold the role of Papal Nuncio to Ireland.

I would like to see DUP supporters and other people beginning to find some affinity with the Irish language and not see it as a threat.

Children aged under four are now the single largest age group experiencing homelessness, with Census 2016 identifying 765 homeless preschoolers.

Extended but never modernised, during the freezes of 2010 and 2011, some of the rooms were no warmer than 4 °C.

The summer school takes places annually to commemorate the memory of the former MP and founder of Catholic Emancipation in Ireland.

On 13th October 2017, Limerick Diocesan Archives and the Department of History, Mary Immaculate College, will host a one-day conference to assess the legacy of Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer of Limerick, on the centenary of his death.

Call for every diocese in the country to hold off on the introduction of the permanent diaconate until the Vatican’s commission on women deacons has made its report.

It is the first time that a Catholic has received this honour in the predominantly Muslim country.

“This census data ... demolishes many of the myths that people have about ‘the homeless’. It shows that people who are homeless look very much like everyone else in the population.”

Public discourse and the media in Ireland have become “coarse” in recent years warns Fr Tony Flannery.

From a historical point of view it is the route that Irish pilgrims would have taken from the 1200s to the 1500s. The Mayor of Waterford walked the Camino twice in 1483 and 1493 and his tomb has the Camino shell sculptured into it.

"The degree of offence may have been minimised if the presenter had demonstrated greater sensitivity to the potential for offence,” stated the BAI.

Viewers in Ireland and the UK can view one of the world’s largest online conferences which will be addressed by a host of high profile international commentators and experts.

Archbishop Eamon Martin would like to see more parishes, not just those in the Gaeltacht, introduce regular Sunday worship in the Irish language.

“The gunmen came thinking that their target was in the church but he was not.”

We stand for universal truths and values that are drawn from our personal encounter with the joy of God’s love.

“That artists of our time, through their creativity, may help us discover the beauty of creation.”

Until recently, 96-year-old Fr Norman Davitt cycled 10 miles or more every day.

“We will continue to vigorously pursue and identify sites and suitable projects for social housing in order to help alleviate Ireland’s current housing and homelessness crisis,” says Respond! CEO Declan Dunne.

“Human beings that are vulnerable and unable to consent should not be exposed to research which involves significant risk to themselves,” says Chairman of Irish bishops’ consultative group on bioethics.

“At a time when a record number of people around the world are displaced by violence, the international community needs to stand behind international law to ensure safety for people who have been forced to flee as a result of famine or civil unrest.”

Census 2016 Households and Families report shows 9 per cent rise in separated and divorced in Ireland.

“It is an amazing privilege to be asked to be the centre of unity for a local Church,” says CatholicIreland founder, Fr Alan McGuckian SJ in advance of episcopal ordination.

“The ASA have examined our calculations and backed our figure ... This independent verification is a real endorsement of our campaign.”

Peter McVerry Trust hopes to see rapid-build housing play a bigger role in addressing homelessness in the future.