Parishes in Dublin are told that every effort should be made to ensure that their churches are not used for the dissemination of campaign literature from any source.

Pope Francis desires that God’s people around the world should have an opportunity to make their contribution to the process.

Huge community effort in Clondalkin sees enactment of Christmas story five times each day this weekend, bringing patrons inside the story to 'Bethlehem'.

One of the particular themes Pope Francis stresses is that the call to be Christians begins on the periphery.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin urges every parish and organisation concerned with the future of Christian marriage to take part in conversation.

“Religious life is only authentic when it is marked by humility” - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

Dean Sammy Crooks, who died in a road accident in 1986, staged his first Christmas sit-out for charities in 1976, establishing a tradition continued by all his successors.

More than 170 families being accommodated in single hotel rooms across Dublin.

64 catechumens and 9 candidates from 18 different nationalities welcomed.

"Vendetta generates further vendetta and leaves perpetrators and the community less secure.”