At Battle of the Somme service, Bishop Colton urges people to champion an outlook that builds bridges, includes rather than excludes, welcomes rather than alienates, and fosters reconciliation, justice and peace.

Rector of Holy Cross Church in Belfast, Fr Gary Donegan, has revealed that his great grand-uncle fought with an Irish Regiment at the Somme and was later decorated for his courage.

COMECE president says the decision of the British electorate confronts the European Union and its Member States with questions about their goals and their tasks.

“Today our witness to the distress of refugees should be a call to action.”

This year’s theme was ‘Forced to Flee’ which inspired a moving and thought-provoking selection of poems on the themes of displacement and seeking refuge.

"How could anyone in the name of compassion or choice remove the right to life of an innocent unborn child?" - Archbishop Eamon Martin at Rosary Rally in Knock.

World Mission Sunday calls the church to ‘go out’ as missionary disciples to bring the message of God’s tenderness and compassion to the entire human family.

Pope Francis says visit aims to “express closeness & solidarity" to the displaced & the citizens of Lesbos & the people of Greece "who are so generous in their welcome”.

The Easter message speaks especially to those seeking to escape from persecution and poverty.

Christians pray that God stirs the "consciences of the leaders of powerful nations to work for the peace Syrians long for".

“Here before the door of this Jubilee of Mercy, let us ask that the world discover the ability to weep for its crimes, for what the world does with war.”

“We are being confronted with a human tragedy that requires a generous political and church partnership to help meet the needs of these vulnerable people."

"He and others sowed the seeds of the flowering of a new political dispensation which would become the Republic of Ireland, of which we are all beneficiaries."

“Once again the ugly consequences of war have caused multitudes of good people to take great risks as they seek refuge in foreign lands.”

It is “heartening to see that priority will be given to unaccompanied minors and that family reunification will be supported” - Eamonn Meehan.

“The current mass movement of people into Europe represents the most serious displacement crisis the European Union has faced in recent times."

Nuclear bombings in August 1945 are a “symbol of the enormous destructive power of humanity when it makes a distorted use of scientific and technical progress”.

“The loss of such high numbers of innocent lives at sea resonates strongly with the Irish experience of the ‘coffin ships’ during the time of the Great Famine” – Bishop Crean.

In his homily at the shrine of the Virgin of Caacupe, the Pope linked his admiration of Paraguayan women with his devotion to Our Lady.

“The pity of war should never be far from our prayers and our thoughts at such a time as this” - Archbishop Richard Clarke.

There are those who wish to incite and foment an atmosphere of war deliberately for the purpose of selling arms Pontiff warns.

Under a plan to be published on Wednesday, the EU is expected to impose migrant quotas on the 28 countries of the Union.

“I make a heartfelt appeal to the international community to react decisively and quickly to see to it that such tragedies are not repeated" - Pope Francis.

83% of lights in Syria extinguished since 2011 in "worst humanitarian crisis the world has seen in a generation" according to Trócaire.

St Patrick’s Cathedral seminar will explore previously unknown archival sources on soldiers and civilians.

The war in Northern Ireland is over and “we live in peace but we live apart" say students participating in documentary.

Motivation must be the spread of the Kingdom of God through the building up of human solidarity and a more just world: Bishop McKeown

"We remember the fallen and are still numbed by recollection of the scale of the human loss the conflict engendered: almost 1 million soldiers died in the Battle of Verdun."

Pontiff marks Feast of All Souls and hails “the anonymous who rest in common graves as unknown saints”.

Religious who lived in Syria speaks of plight of Christians and the need to cut off arms supply to extremists and establish all-party talks.