“Of course it is good news that fewer people are forced to seek an alternative to their lives. But the figures cannot hide the fact that behind them there are many stories of frustration and suffering. People may be reduced to numbers, but their lives cannot” – Jose Ignacio Garcia SJ.

Bishop Noel Treanor addresses autumn plenary assembly of the 27 bishops’ conferences of COMECE in Brussels on the possible impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

“The recent agreement between Brussels and Ankara is an extremely unjust one. This is not about protection, it’s about deterrence.”

People in 1916 were “battling exploitation, social exclusion, poverty, squalor, indignity and colonialism" - Church of Ireland Primate.

"We live in a world which is often harsh and violent. We have witnessed horrific, hate-filled violence and retaliation on our streets again," Archbishop of Dublin.

The instinct would, understandably, be to pull back and close in on ourselves but that would give in to those behind such attacks, who want separation, mistrust and fear.

"Let us pray that there can be an end to such terror attacks and hope for a future in which peace and security will prevail over violence & loss of human life."

Peace and security policies were at the centre of the debate of the spring plenary assembly of COMECE's bishops in Brussels.

Proposed tax could generate up to €320m a year and could help address the housing crisis, child poverty, or the effects of climate change.

Gift from the farmers of Ireland aims to raise money for the homeless.

Fr Brian Starken CSSp gives an eyewitness account of everyday life in the Ebola-affected West African country.

New civil war would threaten the existence of the country’s “very fragile” minority groups.

"Every state should have to have the right to develop its laws, and protect its culture and traditions."