If you want to attend any of Pope Francis’ events, listen closely! Brenda Drumm, Media and Communications Director of WMOF 2018, shares the arrangement of tickets for the papal events with The Irish Catholic.

Matthew Carlson   Anticipation is growing in Ireland ahead of the World Meeting of Families, with event organisers set to release details tomorrow of how pilgrims can attend WMOF2018 events led by Pope Francis on the last day of the festival. At a press conference tomorrow, WMOF2018 Secretary General Fr Timothy Bartlett, general manager Anne…

Irish politicians should focus on the appalling treatment of asylum seekers in Ireland before obsessing about US President Donald Trump, a priest who works with vulnerable immigrants has warned. Church leaders in the US have been leading the charge in criticising a new policy that separates young children from their parents who illegally cross the…

The Irish Catholic has won four awards and received an honourable mention in this year’s Catholic Press Awards, the first time this newspaper has ever competed in the industry competition. The awards were announced at the Catholic Press Association (CPA) annual conference, held this year in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with The Irish Catholic receiving a…

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 Daly   Catholic hospitals need to resist performing abortions “at all costs” and medical professionals should have the right to oppose carrying them out, an Irish bishop has said. Waterford’s and Lismore’s bishop, Alphonsus Cullinan said that many Irish people working in healthcare entered the profession to do good rather than harm, and that these…