Chaldean Catholic Church leader publishes prayer to mark first anniversary of ISIS’ overrunning of Christian villages on the Nineveh Plain in August 2014.
High number of personal injury claims against Benedictine monastery and rising insurance costs may force drastic action.
Television series explores inner struggle between the responsibility of being pope and the miseries of the man chosen as Pontiff.
“A blessing to one another” underscores the continuing relevance of the Vatican II declaration ‘Nostra Aetate’.
21,000 additional residential units required each year over the next three years to meet demand.
“True art has a close affinity with the world of faith ... art remains a kind of bridge to religious experience”.
Archbishop Martin tells MacGill Summer School "A democratic political system must not limit the role of citizens to voting in elections and referendums."
No convictions specifically against sex or labour traffickers in 2014 international report shows.
Archbishop of Armagh hears that a lack of affirmation of gay persons by the Churches has contributed to the raised rate of suicide, particularly among gay men.
Special welcome for Muriel McAuley, grand-daughter of 1916 leader, Thomas McDonagh, who was in Rockwell from 1892 to 1901.
Just 129 doctors in the whole of Sierra Leone which has a population of 6 million.
"There are church gate collections virtually every week outside churches and it is a contributing factor in people not attending Mass.”
Large Irish contingent travel to joint Ireland / UK hosted summer gathering of Focolare in Liverpool. "Here we are almost at the 100th anniversary of 1916, signing up with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales in a moment of unity, of reconciliation, of prayer. It is a poignant moment," remarks Bishop Brendan Leahy.
But Iona warns that many of government report's recommendations will be "a blow to stay at home parents".
Visiting US lecturer describes his time working with shelter: "My time with the men at the shelter made me reflect on the many ways in which I have been blessed in my life and my own shortcomings in passing those blessings onto others."
"With my last breath, please God, I will be passing on the faith," says Catherine Wiley.
Archbishop Neary expresses his disappointment. "I'm not aware that it has ever been cancelled before and I have been climbing this mountain since I was a young lad many, many years ago."
300,000 postcards offering advice on 'end of life' decisions distributed at UK Day for Life today. "God will call us in his good time, and the time we have left for living and loving is always short."
Indian Benedictine priest serving in Port Laoise suffers cuts on neck and fingers and threat of more.
Up to 30,000 Expected to Climb Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday.
US research shows optimum time to wed is between 28 and 32. Accord advises couples to work out the things "you don't want to let go of" before marrying.
Bishop of Limerick sees vocations challenge being transformed into opportunity, but urges people who feel inklings of call, to "be generous". "We need you."
Young people in week long tour of Northern Ireland. "Without this vital educational outreach, I think the public would be indifferent to the existence of abortion," says youth co-ordinator.
"Must we forget that Saul was converted on the road to Damascus? Wasn't he baptized, confirmed and ordained a priest and sent on his great mission in the world by the Church of Syria that had its beginnings in Damascus?"
Croí Nua is an innovative multimedia programme on spirituality geared specifically towards adult faith renewal in Ireland.
Last year public donated €23 million to programmes which benefited 2.4 million people in 24 countries according to annual report.
"We are going to have less and less priests in Ireland over the coming years and we will be forced to think outside mass for liturgy. We therefore need to get young people more involved in the church outside of the formal structure of the mass and one of the ways to do this is through music," says international sacred music composer.
Pakistan Supreme Court gives condemned woman leave to appeal. International pressure led to decision, says British Pakistani Christian Association. "Asia will have to spend more time in jail, but her freedom is now a real possibility."
Irish born priest and 'Catholicism' presenter to be new auxiliary bishops of Chicago.
"When history records the actions we take or fail to take at this our moment of truth, we will not have the excuse that we did not understand, that we did not know."
