May 12 is the date of the last executions of the rebel leaders, James Connolly and Séan Mac Diarmada, in Kilmainham Jail.
Britain's troubled families Tzar addresses SVP seminar and lauds St Vincent de Paul's home visitations.
EveryLifeCounts responds to President's wife saying it is sad to see her “push abortion for babies like ours because of their severe disability”.
President of the International Catholic Migration Commission, Peter Sutherland, will be the keynote speaker.
There are people who “do not grow accustomed to evil. Who defeat it with good” - Ambassador said of Irish priest who saved 6,500 Jews and Allied POWs.
Pope Francis stressed the need to move away from a “liquid economy" to create dignified and well-paying jobs.
The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God: Pope Francis.
Programme has saved hundreds of marriages in Ireland over two decades and there is a determination to grow the supports for marriage and family life.
SVP seriously concerned at the shortage of local authority housing as numbers on waiting list jumps dramatically.
Priests and bishops need to put more resources into choirs and music, says Ian Callanan of Music Ministry Together.
"Let it not be said of us that we were stingy or miserly in showing mercy to others in this Year of Mercy."
Tributes to winner Colette Nkunda of Misean Cara for her contribution to development and sustainability.
The suicide of priests is usually more to do with personal rather than vocational causes.
It began in 2014 as an effort to tap into the ecumenical collaboration of IEC2012. The different traditions would read, pray and celebrate the Bible together over one week.
Citizens’ Assembly proposal has always been about paving the way for removing the only remaining legal protection for the unborn child.
“One case stands out as being shocking. The NBSCCCI believes considerable work needs to be undertaken by the Order to acknowledge the serious damage caused.”
Peter McVerry Trust calls for “decisive action” by the Government to stem the flow of people into homelessness.
Lahore seminary rector sees increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life as “a sign of God's blessing” who is “always close to his people.”
Catholic bishops of Aleppo appeal to those responsible to stop for the “love of God” and “the cry of blood of children and martyrs”.
“When they asked if I wanted to be the first contemporary artist to play in the Sistine Chapel, I didn't know what to say because usually there's this other guy who sings.”
"Mercy can help mitigate life’s troubles and offer warmth to those who have known only the coldness of judgement."
Sr Clare's "life and death have posed questions for many of her contemporaries – what is worthwhile doing in life, what makes a beautiful person, who we want as our idols?”
8,500 people survived thanks to the actions of the Irish Navy crews in 2015 and many more will be saved in the coming weeks.
“This is why I want a Church which is poor and for the poor. They have much to teach us." Evangelii Gaudium [198]
He credited Dorothy Day, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, with introducing him to the pacifist movement and influencing his thinking about war.
“The outcome will have consequences for the future not only of the United Kingdom, but for Europe and for the world.”
“Pope Francis doesn't set out to change the teaching of Jesus or say that in life’s choices anything goes; yet he constantly reaches out to those who find that teaching hard.”
“Research, whether in academe or industry, requires unwavering attention to moral issues if it is to be an instrument which safeguards human life and the dignity of the person.”
Students hear personal testimonies from WYD participant seriously injured in traffic accident and from Richard Moore who was blinded by a plastic bullet as a child.
53 deaths on roads in the Republic and another 18 in Northern Ireland so far this year.
