Mass broadcast on Easter Sunday morning from St Patrick’s Cemetery Chapel in Clonmel was watched by over 7,000 people either via Church Services TV or Facebook Live.

“Your presence and activity are signs of the renewed sense of Christian vocation and call to holiness of all Christian faithful. I thank you for that witness" - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

Pope Francis baptised 12 catechumens from Italy, Albania, Cameroon, Korea, India and China during the Easter vigil ceremony at St Peter's Basilica.

There are many examples of renewal in the Church in Ireland today Archbishop of Dublin suggests.

To return to Galilee means to re-read everything on the basis of the cross and its victory.

64 catechumens and 9 candidates from 18 different nationalities welcomed.