TD John Halligan's comments re-ignites call to criminalise the purchase of sex in Ireland.
“In previous generations, there was a tendency to assume that everyone believed the same thing... it was sometimes more about conformism than about a personal relationship with God."
Carmelite Sisters remain on in Aleppo to help families facing daily bombardment even though their convent is at the centre of ongoing conflict.
49-year-old Fr Fintan Monahan will be installed as bishop at the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Ennis on Sunday 25 September.
“I think the days of a big big seminary are over. I think if anything good comes from this it is an examination of a better way” - Fr Brendan Purcell.
“Liver disease has approximately doubled in Ireland in the last 20 years for both men and women. We’re seeing people in their early 30s dying from liver failure. Before it was 40s and 50s mainly.”
St Joseph’s church was dedicated to the service of God on Sunday 22 April 1866 by the then Bishop of Clogher, James Donnelly.
ACI supports an independent investigation into the allegations, to be carried out promptly and with transparency.
There are currently 170 children in Calais who have close family in the UK, and at the current rate of reunification, many will face another winter in Calais.
“Unlike some of the other summer schools, the Daniel O’Connell School does not have a specific theme. Instead, we offer a mix of lectures on local, county, national and international history.”
American canon lawyer, Fr Tom Doyle says he has great respect for Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's judgement.
It was God who inspired St Dominic to found the Order of Preachers and put preaching at the heart of their mission: Pope Francis.
He has already served as Administrator of the Diocese for a period in 2007 following the retirement of Bishop Laurence Forstall.
Archbishop of Rouen invites people to return to church on 15 August, the feast of the Assumption of Mary, to make a statement that “violence will not take over in their hearts.”
One in ten parents get into debt to send their children to school. Some even borrow from money lenders.
US Secretary of State chosen for his work to try and bring about an end to conflict in many countries particularly Syria.
Former trainee priest who alleges he was harassed by a member of staff while studying in Maynooth files complaint with Gardaí’s sexual assault unit.
From the earliest days of the church, women rightly served in key leadership roles: Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich.
Around a quarter of all young children in Honduras, aged between six months to two-and-a-half years, suffer from chronic malnutrition.
"If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence... and no, not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent. It is like a fruit salad; there's everything."
“We are running for all refugees” - Paulo Lokoro who is a 24-year-old 800-metre runner.
Founded in 1918, the magazine has been in continuous publication for almost one hundred years. Currently it has a circulation of 75,000 copies per issue.
Panama City to host next World Youth Day gathering in 2019 - Pope Francis tells over one million young pilgrims that he is not sure if he will be there but that Peter certainly will.
The opening sequence of the concert is a screen presentation of creation with the Sistine Chapel Choir.
Youngest priest in the diocese, Fr Michael Geraghty, who was ordained in 2015, to head up Killaloe's social media engagement.
"We literally follow the paths traced by our ancestors, women and men of faith, who kept that faith despite the opposition they faced, despite poverty and discrimination and emigration and famine."
Lord Alton suggests John Frain’s account of the role of Catholics in opposing Hitler and Nazism should be read as it also shows the Church's repeated denunciations of anti-Semitism and Nazism from 1928 onwards.
Up to 25,000 expected to take part in the first Reek Sunday climb in two years following the cancellation of last year’s event due to bad weather.
Social Investment Fund founded by Co Waterford nun in 1996 is one of the biggest providers of social finance in Europe.
Health concerns cause Bishop Martin Drennan and Bishop Seamus Freeman to retire early.
