Poverty, violence and changing social norms are causing the disintegration of the family structure across Latin America, church workers in the region said in advance of the October gathering of bishops in the Vatican to discuss pressures families face. From liberalising marriage laws and persistent domestic violence to migration trends sending a record number of…

Pope Francis will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on November. The Parliament’s president, Martin Schultz, made the announcement last week and the Vatican immediately confirmed it. According to Fr Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, Pope Francis will travel to Strasbourg and back to Rome the same day, and his brief trip should not…

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis is planning to visit Turkey “in the last days of November”, but said the length of his trip and his agenda in the country have yet to be determined. Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, made the announcement last week noting that a formal invitation from Turkish President…

KYG will bring 3,500 young people to Knock on the Feast of the Holy Rosary

In solidarity with the farming community the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin will be handing out salt blessed by Bishop Denis Nulty at the National Ploughing Championships in Co. Laois next week. The blessed salt can be spread on the land or around the house or used in animal feed to invoke God’s blessing and…

Irish rugby great Tony Ward (pictured) has spoken of how his faith has given him strength during his battle with prostate cancer. “I believe in God. I have always had faith,” the 59-year-old former out-half told The Irish Catholic. “I suppose I got that from the way I was brought up. I went to a…