King Juan Carlos of Spain received a tribute from the country's bishops after he announced his decision to abdicate in favour of his son. The executive committee of the Span's bishops' conference described the work of the outgoing 76-year-old king as having "extraordinary value" because of his work on behalf of democracy during his 39…

The Pro Life Campaign has strongly criticised the European Commission over its decision not to take any legislative action to prevent EU funding of destructive research on living human embryos. On Wednesday, the Commission formally rejected the ‘One of Us’ petition which was signed by almost 2 million people from 20 EU Member States calling…

Irish vocation directors are taking creative steps in an effort to boost the numbers of young people considering a call to the priesthood and religious life. A major assembly to be held in November is set to tackle the crisis of vocations in the Irish Church by establishing new strategic discernment groups. The key meeting…

New catechetical resource to hit the shelves as early as June 12

Wind down due to lack of funding and falling numbers.

The former National Co-ordinator for Diocesan Vocations has criticised a lack of Church focus on promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Fr Paddy Rushe, who was responsible for vocations nationally from 2006-2011, has hit out at Church leaders for failing to prioritise vocation-promotion over the past two decades. He claimed “the Church did…