The Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly, will mark the conclusion of Pope Francis' Jubilee Year of Mercy with a special liturgy at 2.30pm in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, on Sunday 20 November. This event will also mark the publication and launch of...
This year’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene in Saint Peter’s Square will be inaugurated and lit up on 9 December and will highlight several issues such as care for the environment, the sick and migrants. A communique from the governing office of Vatican City said...
Pope Francis on Friday welcomed to Rome more than six thousand people, men and women from various European nations, who have lived, or are even now, living on the street. The Jubilee for Socially Excluded Persons embraced not only the homeless, but also...
I invite the faithful to carry the grace of this year with you, to continue to be missionaries of mercy and to offer the healing balm of Christ’s mercy as you go about your daily lives - Archbishop Eamon Martin
Archbishop Keiran O’Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, conferred an abbatial blessing on the new Abbot of Glenstal Abbey, Father Brendan Coffey OSB, at a Mass in the abbey church on Saturday last. Abbot Coffey was elected as Abbot of Glenstal twelve weeks ago,...
The 44th Annual Eucharistic All-Night Vigil will take place in Knock Shrine on the night of Wednesday 7 December through to the morning of Thursday 8 December to celebrate and honour of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The first...
The Diocese of Kilmore recently held their annual Pope John Paul II Award ceremony in the Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan. His Excellency Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, presented 61 young people from the diocese with their Pope John Paul...
The act of joint jointly laying a wreath in remembrance follows on from both Archbishops leading a special centenary peace pilgrimage last June which included the laying of a wreath symbolising peace at the Menin Gate at Ypres, Belgium.
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the faithful not to fall into indifference but to become active instruments of mercy. Addressing the crowd gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience at a time in which the Holy Year of Mercy is coming to an...
I firmly believe that the funeral rites of the Church, celebrated well in the local community, bring the soothing balm of Christ’s comfort and hope at a time of devastating loss - Bishop Denis Nulty
"Don't follow Canada's lead" - Alex Schadenberg
"The teachings have not changed" - Colm Flynn on 'Infinite Dignity' Vatican document
"Formation, Formation, Formation" - Fr Eamon Conway on the G.R.A.C.E research report
Travelling with Pope Francis - Colm Flynn
"It is absolutely awful because it is such a failure ..." Caoimhe De Barra on starvation in Gaza
"I cannot speak highly enough of the generosity of the Irish people" - Caoimhe de Barra
"I personally feel we need a missionary movement in the Church" - Cardinal Mario Grech
The Synodal Pathway - the journey so far
