Pope Francis is breaking with the custom followed by his two predecessors, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, of celebrating Corpus Christi in St John Lateran’s, the cathedral church of the Bishop of Rome, a custom followed since 1979.

‘Misericordia et misera’ extends a number of initiatives begun in the Holy Year, asks the Missionaries of Mercy to continue their ministry, and grants all priests the right to absolve sin of abortion.

Co Kerry priest translated and edited the first modern Irish Catholic Bible – a year before the English version was completed in the early 1970s.

Results “cannot disguise a deeply divided nation, one which has rarely been more fragile and is heading into a precarious future.”

Ordination of Fr Marius O'Reilly on Sunday is the second for the diocese this year.

President of CatholicTV in the US talks about the media, his debut book and his favourite saints.

Order recognises need for time and resources to promote vocations.