Pro-life organisation has been repeatedly denied recognition by UCC

Archbishop Eamon Martin has led tributes to the two Mercy sisters who died in a car accident this week. Sr Frances Forde and Sr Marie Duddy from Belfast were killed in a collision near Newry, Co. Down that also involved a PSNI vehicle. Archbishop Eamon said he was “very sorry” and that his “sympathies and…

RTÉ’s decision to switch off its longwave transmitter meaning listeners will no longer be able to tune in to religious services on their radios has been strongly criticised. Former communications minister Éamon Ó Cuív said he was “very disappointed” by the move. The Catholic bishops have also voiced concern that the decision to end longwave…

Catherine Wiley, the founder of the Catholic Grandparents Association (CGA), and her grandson Tom met Pope Francis at an event for grandparents in St Peter's Square last Sunday during the first international day dedicated to old age, organised by the Pontifical Council for the Family. Mrs Wiley was to chosen to offer a testimony to…

Sisters from the Mercy International Association greet President Michael D. Higgins who visited the Mercy International Association, Baggot Street, Dublin, to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of an international initiative to link Mercy global family which consists of 7,500 Sisters of Mercy, 5,000 associates and between a quarter and a half million partners…