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

“To everyone in Ireland I just want to say a massive ‘thank you’ for the way you received and welcomed me in these years. You made me feel that I was at home” – Archbishop Brown.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was joined by most of the Irish hierarchy and the Papal Nuncio for the funeral Mass of the late Dr Connell at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Dublin.

Christians had a duty to accept refugees with compassion and acceptance, he said, citing Pope Francis, who had urged Catholics to accept refugees in their countries.

Bishop Javier Echevarría leaves legacy of loyalty to the Church and belief in goodness of God.

"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."

Church is built on young people, Archbishop Brown tells Youth 2000 summer festival.

Archbishop of Dublin affirms vocation of deacon as complementary to other ministries and "a witness to the Christ who came 'not to be served but to serve'."

Past pupil, long serving staff member and patron of Summerhill College “delighted to be associated so publicly with such a progressive development”.

"Let it not be said of us that we were stingy or miserly in showing mercy to others in this Year of Mercy."

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.

Hundreds expected to cross the threshold of mercy on Sunday in St Patrick's Basilica at the launch of the 2016 pilgrimage season.

Studying and developing our faith is a transfiguration experience. "As faith grows, our vision of Christ transforms us" - Archbishop Brown.

Liturgy will open a week-long series of events, culminating with the official Synod, a gathering of 400 delegates from Friday to Sunday, 8-10 April.

"We live in a world where the name of God is used to foster attitudes and deeds which could not be farther away from the real identity of God.”

It is “important for us to see some of these psychological dysfunctions in society as the manifestation of, perhaps, an underlying spiritual dysfunction”.

“There is a whole world out there and I think it is very important that we don’t become holy huddles with our own people and our own groups."

Catholic family support groups in dioceses and parishes might not only assist with marriage preparation, but also with supporting couples immediately following marriage.

Archbishop Michael Jackson calls for "courage in a time of fragility” in his reflection on the impact of the terror attacks one month on.

Without a conscious effort to maintain a distinctly Catholic ethos, it can dissolve into non-descript and vague spiritualism or disappear entirely.

Warns against the “atomistic, individualistic and deracinated existence” which has become increasingly prevalent in many parts of the Western world.

“We are honoured that the Holy Father has expressed his prayerful support to us here in Ireland” - Archbishop O'Reilly.

Studying the catechism in groups brings us into contact with the Lord in his 'transfigured beauty' - Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown.

Archbishops Eamon Martin and Kieran O'Reilly will be among the 46 prelates who will receive the pallium in the Vatican on Monday.

“There is no group that is more influential in the process than priests. They are even more influential than bishops."

For 15 years, Dublin All-Ireland football hero, Alan Larkin, has been organising the rosters for the Ministers of the Word in Beaumont Hospital and in his own parish.

Papal Nuncio among guests honouring the most outstanding Irish photographic artist and photojournalist of the twentieth century.

Cathedral of Christ the King marks 75th anniversary with day of jubilations.

Fundraising campaign aims to cover cost of new retirement home for returned Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary.

Tribute to Pioneer Total Abstinence Association's spirituality at 60th annual Knock pilgrimage.