Sr Rita Lee has urged the British government not to “cut the benefits of the less well off” stating “I’m not a politician, but I know that more needs to be done".
"The renewal of the Irish Church will be strengthened by the determination of men who see priesthood as a second life choice and respond generously."
Since 2008, 340 religion teachers have graduated from St Patrick's College which up to 1992 served as a seminary for the training of priests.
The vocation to priesthood and celibacy have been conjoined in the Catholic Church "for a very long time and for good reasons" - Bishop Brendan Leahy.
The pastoral care of marriage and the family will be the key focus of the national congress this weekend.
“We do have to push for a more cohesive approach to bringing in prospective student priests” - Mgr Hugh Connolly.
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.
Young men and women use home grown Irish community to discern religious vocations.
Bishop of Limerick sees vocations challenge being transformed into opportunity, but urges people who feel inklings of call, to "be generous". "We need you."
Four men to be ordained this weekend for the dioceses of Armagh, Cashel & Emly and Clogher.
78-page document says divorced and remarried couples should be “integrated” into the Church.
Longford native Seamus O’Rourke (56) will be ordained for the Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnois by Bishop Francis Duffy.
"Sow generously in season and out of season. Leave worries about the growth to the Lord," Bishop Donal McKeown tells newly ordained Fr Seán O'Donnell.
Bishop John Buckley led mourners at the funeral Mass of Sr Thérèse Marie O’Connell who spent fifty-seven years as a Poor Clare at the French shrine.
The Sacred Heart Church in Kilburn is appealing to couples who married there for copies of their wedding photos for a display to mark its 150th anniversary.
Archbishop Martin said he was convinced that there are many young women in today’s Ireland who would be attracted to new forms of association with religious life.
“The credibility of how you preach the message of Jesus in today’s society will depend on the sensitivity of the language you use" - Archbishop Martin.
Irish Jesuit convert whom Pope Francis declared Venerable last November draws Christian Churches together in remembrance.
"Our freedom is not license but has within it the demands and choice of personal and communal responsibility.”
Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly SMA shares his thoughts on his own consecration to God in advance of his installation in Cashel & Emly.
Funeral of renowned RTE broadcaster and UCD academic takes places in Dublin.
Liverpudlian Archbishop Paul Gallagher succeeds Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, who will take over from Cardinal Raymond Burke at the Vatican’s Signatura.
"The Church and media share similar goals - to seek out the truth and highlight injustice," Archbishop Eamon Martin tells Radharc Trust awards ceremony.
Pope Francis asks Bishop Kevin Doran to give special care to the marginalised, the poor, those in prison and the sick.
Crisis in religious life is not an "antechamber of death" but an opportunity to grow in depth and hope.
32-year-old Polish seminarian is a member of the Neocatechumenal Way.
"Most striking witness” to contemplative life given by Pope Emeritus - Bishop Boyce.
The family that prays together, stays together Cardinal Brady highlights.
