Politicians should learn from the churches and other faith communities in tackling inequality and building peace the Lord Mayor of Belfast has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic Sinn Féin’s Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said the “most radical places I visit in the city of Belfast aren’t the offices of political parties but the places where…

Pope Francis meets Philomena Lee, right, and actor Steve Coogan, second from right, during his general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican February 5. Lee, whose long search for the son she was forced to give up as a teenager in Ireland inspired the Oscar-nominated film bearing her name, says that after meeting…

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The pupils in Kilmoyley National School inArdfert, Co. Kerry celebrated Catholic Schools Week by honouring St Brigid last week, and their St Brigid’s crosses were blessed by Fr Tadhg Fitzgerald at both Masses in The Sacred Heart Church, Kilmoyley last weekend.

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Priests have praised the volunteers working in flooded parishes