Ecological awareness and conversion growing in the Catholic Church in Ireland. Call for Pope's encyclical on environment to be promoted.
Pope Francis encourages healthcare professionals and medical students to specialise in palliative care.
Over 5.2 million adults and children have gone through the safe environment programme in the US - Mgr Steve Rossetti.
“There is no group that is more influential in the process than priests. They are even more influential than bishops."
The resolve of Christians in Egypt has been strengthened by ISIS' murder of 21 Christians in Libya according to Coptic Catholic Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir of Sohag.
External forms of piety without “a real conversion are not enough to be considered in communion with Christ and his Church”.
Irish Jesuit convert whom Pope Francis declared Venerable last November draws Christian Churches together in remembrance.
Christians and Muslims from Ireland and the UK meet to build bridges of understanding at Focolare gathering on dialogue.
Lenten message calls believers to a new conversion - to believe in and live the communion of saints, to reach out to the poor and those 'far away'.
Archbishop of Dublin presides at Mass to mark tenth anniversary of Don Luigi Giussani’s death and 60th anniversary of the founding of his movement.
“Many people believe his prayers have brought the healing power of God into their lives and his tomb is visited daily by those who seek his help.”
Funeral of victim of Fermanagh wedding killing takes place in Athlone.
Pope outlines nature of ecclesial service to twenty new prelates.
Survey carried out for ACCORD finds marriage remains a desirable outcome for most people and most expect it to be for life.
Responding to the findings of the latest NBSCCCI audits Archbishop Martin said some of the results left him “seriously concerned”.
Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly to focus on preaching the Word, tackling trafficking and promoting missionary communion in Cashel & Emly.
Bishop McAreavey calls for law to criminalise the purchase of sex to be enacted quickly in the Republic of Ireland.
Clerical abuse survivor, Marie Collins, and former president, Dr Mary McAleese, reject Pontiff's stance on corporal punishment for children.
Everything possible must be done to rid the Church of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors.
Three other martyrs recognised: Polish Franciscans, Michal Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strazalkowski, and Italian Fr Alessandro Dordi.
Limerick priest Fr Alphonsus Cullinan replaces Bishop William Lee who retired on health grounds in October 2013.
Bishop Nulty suggests religious congregations consider having an ‘Open House’ in an effort to allow society gain a deeper understanding of their charism and life.
New services will open on 16 February in an area under the colonnade of St Peter's Square.
The 'Celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life' video will be officially launched on Monday 2 February - World Day of Consecrated Life.
Without father figures, young people often feel ‘orphaned’ and left adrift at a critical moment in their growth and development.
“No young person should be turned away from a Catholic school on the basis of their mark in an entrance test at the age of ten or eleven”.
“Truly this is a rather special moment in history when the successor of St Peter humbly invites all the baptised to assist in finding solutions to pastoral problems."
New Redemptorist leadership in Ireland agrees to meet silenced priest in February.
Archbishop Eamon Martin, chair of the Bishops’ Council for Communications, welcomes this year’s message from Pope Francis.
Pope Francis desires that God’s people around the world should have an opportunity to make their contribution to the process.
