A significant moment for Factor One as a young band was representing Ireland at the Genfest youth rally in front of an audience of 20,000 at the Palaeur football stadium in Rome.

Former Manchester United footballer becomes a Dominican friar.

Archbishop Martin will be interviewed by Dame Anne Widdecome in a BBC 'Songs of Praise' special on Sunday evening which also features interviews with Loreto Sisters about Mother Teresa’s time in Dublin.

Church Services TV and Heavens Road FM radio station will be joining forces to stream Masses, choirs and guests from over 20 different locations in the UK and Ireland focusing on the life and legacy of Mother Teresa .

Trustees order seminary authorities to evaluate and review policy relating to “the appropriate use of the internet and social media”.

46-year-old Fr Brendan Coffey is the sixth Abbot of the Benedictine monastic community and succeeds Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman.

Sunday’s ordinations will bring to four the number of new priests ordained for Clogher in the past three years.

2016 is a special year for the entire Dominican Family as it celebrates the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Order of Preachers.

“I hope we can rediscover something of our great Celtic tradition of walking, with eyes and ears open for the God who is never far from us, greeting strangers, being welcomed by parish communities.”

The “pervasive crime, gangland killings and continued threat of paramilitary violence" as well as poverty & homelessness shows "much still needs to be done to create a culture of life & prosperity for all."

“This is why I want a Church which is poor and for the poor. They have much to teach us." Evangelii Gaudium [198]

Lizzy Myers from Ohio, along with her family, are due to meet the Pontiff next week at Casa Santa Marta.

Rev Malachy Gallagher is preparing for service in the Diocese of Derry and Rev Bill O’Shaughnessy is preparing for service in the Archdiocese of Dublin.

“He will be a great loss to the Diocese of Limerick but he will play a huge role in the formation of many future priests”: Bishop Leahy.

Young singers travel to Rome today to participate in the 40th International Congress of Pueri Cantores.

Irish priest hero's role in saving 6,500 Jews and Allied soldiers during World War II to be marked next May.

Mgr Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communication, marks 40th anniversary of the Catholic Communications Office in Maynooth.

85 year old Redemptorist missionary from Fossa has been tirelessly serving the people of northeast Brazil for over 55 years.

The canonisation of married couple Blessed Louis and Zèile Martin, parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, is the first in the history of the Church.

“I would like, in the name of the Church, to ask for forgiveness for the scandals which recently have fallen both on Rome and the Vatican.”

Derry-born Margaret Keys will sing for the Pontiff next week as he makes his first visit to the USA.

Redemptorist Fr Seán Myers serves a community in a Brazilian parish which is over half the size of Ireland.

Platinum selling group, which is made up of three Catholic priests, have recorded four albums and written a book recounting their musical journey.

“A blessing to one another” underscores the continuing relevance of the Vatican II declaration ‘Nostra Aetate’.

The bill is one of the smallest bills the Irish Government has had to pay for its embassy service.

Hammer and sickle crucifix "was not offensive to me" Pope states as he pays tribute to Fr Luís Espinal's protest art.

Catholics and Christians “are entering a time when we will need the gift of courage to stay faithful to the teachings of the Gospel”.

Fourth deacon ordained for the Diocese of Meath as Navan prepares for next Sunday's ordination of Rev Robert McGivney.

The bishops are to set up a special review group to examine how best the Church can continue to support marriage and family life in Ireland.

“We are close to coming to a decision," the Pontiff told press on flight back to Rome from Sarajevo regarding the investigation into the alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje.