Over a ten year period from 2000, 491 babies who survived botched abortions in Canada were abandoned by medical staff and left to die alone.
On the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, ecumenical prayer service for suffering Christians and a reflection on what can be done to help them.
The Head of St Anne drawing in the Dublin exhibition is linked to the artist’s painting the Madonna and Child with St Anne and a lamb, which is now in the Louvre in Paris.
The Society of Missionary Children is governed by World Missions Ireland which supports missionaries and mission projects in up to 80 countries.
May 12 is the date of the last executions of the rebel leaders, James Connolly and Séan Mac Diarmada, in Kilmainham Jail.
Britain's troubled families Tzar addresses SVP seminar and lauds St Vincent de Paul's home visitations.
EveryLifeCounts responds to President's wife saying it is sad to see her “push abortion for babies like ours because of their severe disability”.
President of the International Catholic Migration Commission, Peter Sutherland, will be the keynote speaker.
There are people who “do not grow accustomed to evil. Who defeat it with good” - Ambassador said of Irish priest who saved 6,500 Jews and Allied POWs.
Pope Francis stressed the need to move away from a “liquid economy" to create dignified and well-paying jobs.
The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God: Pope Francis.
Programme has saved hundreds of marriages in Ireland over two decades and there is a determination to grow the supports for marriage and family life.
SVP seriously concerned at the shortage of local authority housing as numbers on waiting list jumps dramatically.
Priests and bishops need to put more resources into choirs and music, says Ian Callanan of Music Ministry Together.
"Let it not be said of us that we were stingy or miserly in showing mercy to others in this Year of Mercy."
Tributes to winner Colette Nkunda of Misean Cara for her contribution to development and sustainability.
Spirituality – Regina Cassidy
A good friend of mine, someone who works in the Church, often talks
with me about the retreats that she has been on. She describes her daily prayer–quiet times of meditation and contemplation. I sit and listen in awe, mixed [...]
The suicide of priests is usually more to do with personal rather than vocational causes.
It began in 2014 as an effort to tap into the ecumenical collaboration of IEC2012. The different traditions would read, pray and celebrate the Bible together over one week.
Citizens’ Assembly proposal has always been about paving the way for removing the only remaining legal protection for the unborn child.
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Traditional prayers are like family heirlooms passed on from one generation to the next. Here are some of ours: FREQUENT PRAYERS The Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and [...]
“One case stands out as being shocking. The NBSCCCI believes considerable work needs to be undertaken by the Order to acknowledge the serious damage caused.”
Peter McVerry Trust calls for “decisive action” by the Government to stem the flow of people into homelessness.
Lahore seminary rector sees increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life as “a sign of God's blessing” who is “always close to his people.”
Catholic bishops of Aleppo appeal to those responsible to stop for the “love of God” and “the cry of blood of children and martyrs”.
“When they asked if I wanted to be the first contemporary artist to play in the Sistine Chapel, I didn't know what to say because usually there's this other guy who sings.”
"Mercy can help mitigate life’s troubles and offer warmth to those who have known only the coldness of judgement."
That in every country of the world, women may be honored and respected and that their essential contribution to society may be highly esteemed. Pope Francis – May 2016
The Pope Video is a new and global initiative launched by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network – Apostleship of Prayer
Sr Clare's "life and death have posed questions for many of her contemporaries – what is worthwhile doing in life, what makes a beautiful person, who we want as our idols?”