"It takes enormous courage to be a peacemaker and he was an apostle of mercy, whether as a curate, as a bishop or as chaplain in the Foyle Hospice.”
Syrian children gave Francis a collection of their drawings, and the Pope showered them with toys and other gifts.
Carmelite Sisters remain on in Aleppo to help families facing daily bombardment even though their convent is at the centre of ongoing conflict.
ACI supports an independent investigation into the allegations, to be carried out promptly and with transparency.
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.
From the earliest days of the church, women rightly served in key leadership roles: Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich.
"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."
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.
"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.
Health concerns cause Bishop Martin Drennan and Bishop Seamus Freeman to retire early.
Fr Fintan Monahan is currently diocesan secretary in the archdiocese of Tuam and a member of the Communications Council of the Irish Episcopal Conference.
"I worry when I see young people who have 'thrown in the towel' before the game has even begun, who are defeated even before they begin to play, who walk around glumly as if life has no meaning."
"A pilgrim and a tourist may follow the same itinerary, but the pilgrim is on a sacred journey in which God is encountered through people, places and situations.”
All religions “desire peace. Other people want war,” Pope tells journalists en route to WYD in Krakow.
“The Catholic Church has no other weapons but prayer and brotherhood among all peoples.”
"For these young people this is an adventure but there is also obviously a real commitment – they could be going elsewhere but they have decided to give one week to this.”
The phenomenon of immigration is “new, different, and strange to the average Polish person”.
“At this time, our spirit is once more shaken by the sad news relating to the deplorable acts of terrorism and violence which have caused suffering and death.”
Apostolic constitution, Vultum Dei quaerere, calls for ongoing formation for Sisters and “due discretion” in the use of digital means of communication.
Co Kerry priest translated and edited the first modern Irish Catholic Bible – a year before the English version was completed in the early 1970s.
Irish young people travelling overland to WYD - already en route.
Calls on Catholic parishes to following Pope Francis' lead and "get involved".
I am close to each family and the entire French nation which is in mourning, says Pope at Angelus.
Counterbalance with love this awful crime, appeals Primate.
In 2015 service helped almost three quarters of a million refugees.
"All lives matter: black, white, Muslim, Christian, Hindu. We are all children of God and all human life is precious.”
Pope tells Munich rally Europe should be an open and welcoming continent, and continue to establish ways of working together that are not only economic but also social and cultural.
