Three Irish missionaries recognised on Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for 2015.
Guided by a few adults, children aged 12 to 18 are leading the way providing initiatives for their friends to keep them engaged in faith and the parish.
“We are beginning to hear more stories like this throughout Ireland" among Catholic religious orders - Vocations Ireland.
“It demonstrates to our elected representatives that protection of creation is important to us” - Bishop John McAreavey.
“Migrants are not a threat to the EU but our policies are a threat to them” - Caritas Europa.
Senator Rónán Mullen among eighty politicians from around the world to discuss the persecution of Christians in the Middle East with Pontiff.
Petition handed in to Order's headquarters signed by over 20,000 people from Drogheda who want to see the town's Dominican church stay open.
"Attitudes lead to actions" Bishop Kevin Doran tells Elphin pilgrims on annual diocesan pilgrimage to French shrine of Lourdes.
“We are focusing far too much on the performance of the economy and not nearly enough on issues such as aging, social housing and sustainability" - Dr Seán Healy.
Life Institute appeals to people to contact their local councillors and lobby them against repeal of constitutional amendment that protects right to life.
“The great support we get means we are able to provide a permanent place to call home for up to 650 households who were homeless or at risk."
“Last Wednesday, ‘a fear and trembling’ gripped us all when we heard that Dónal had died as a result of a most unfortunate, unexpected and sudden accident."
"All the guys I went to school with are walking away from the Church. We've got to reach out to them, without forgetting older people."
“We do have to push for a more cohesive approach to bringing in prospective student priests” - Mgr Hugh Connolly.
The Kenyan bishops have chosen as their theme, “To stand strong in the faith”.
“The current mass movement of people into Europe represents the most serious displacement crisis the European Union has faced in recent times."
The search for new means to speak of God has been at the core of Benedict's theological work since the Second Vatican Council.
Poll also found Catholics (43%) barely ahead of the general public (39%) in viewing global warming as a moral issue.
“It offers individual believers and the community a precious opportunity to renew our personal participation in this vocation as custodians of creation."
Festival provides an opportunity for the public and musicians to share how meditation can enhance their creative lives.
Not a single destroyed house has been rebuilt and at least 100,000 people remain displaced.
Irish Church may “look at the way we do marriage preparation and to what extent our families are involved in preparing new families for marriage” - Primate.
“I have great faith and I wanted to give something back and to give thanks."
“We will walk one of the nine stages of Brigid’s Way but in reverse” - Karen Ward.
New batch of seminarians is up on last year's cohort of 14 and brings the total number of resident seminarians training in Maynooth to sixty.
“Most families in hotels and B&Bs are being forced into homelessness and emergency accommodation because of huge rent increases in private rental sector" - SVP.
Some "complain that change in patronage is progressing too slowly; that’s because local communities are happy with the model that best serves local needs."
The Legion of Mary founder realised decades ago that the lack of faith formation for and trust in lay men and women was a debilitating factor for the Church.
Redemptorist Fr Seán Myers serves a community in a Brazilian parish which is over half the size of Ireland.
“The IFPA has received substantial funding from Planned Parenthood – did some of that money come from harvesting organs of aborted babies?" asks Youth Defence.
