Staff reporter The legal advisor to the ‘no’ campaign group Mothers and Fathers Matter has said the referendum commissioner “seems to be contradicting himself” in his comments on adoption and surrogacy. Last week, Judge Kevin Cross conceded that were the marriage referendum to pass, it would be difficult to pass a law preferring opposite-sex married couples…

A group of hillwalkers from the Diocese of Ferns, including the Riverchapel parish priest, who survived the devastating earthquake in Nepal has organised a fundraising appeal through local parishes. “We are working with Caritas in Nepal, a sister organisation of Trócaire, and 100% of the funds raised will go to projects on the ground,” said…

Fr Martin Browne OSB is pictured after his ordination to the priesthood at Glenstal Abbey in Limerick with (l-r) Bishop Willie Walsh (Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe), Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly (Archbishop of Cashel & Emly) and Archbishop Dermot Clifford (Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel and Emly).  

Former BBC journalist Martina Purdy drew a large crowd to the Little Way Novena in Derry

The founder of the liberation theology movement has spoken at the special Vatican conference of the Church’s aid and development agencies, talking about “a poor Church for the poor”. The appearance of Fr Gustavo Gutierrez at the event is being hailed as a symbolic moment of acceptance for the Peruvian friar and the theological movement…

A statue of Pope St John Paul II must be removed from a public square in the small town of Ploermel in France, according to a court which says it violates the separation of church and state. Taking issue with the “ostentatious” location and size of the 29-foot statue, which shows the saint praying under…

Grace Akognon (6) with Leinster rugby player Isaac Boss at the launch of Children’s Hospice Week at LauraLynn, Ireland’s only children’s hospice. LauraLynn is asking the public be a superhero for LauraLynn by texting 50300 SUPERHERO to donate €4 or hold a Hero Bake Off, Dress Up for a Day, or take part in a…