The Pope in Ireland Festival of Families In an array of artistic displays, musical numbers, and family testimonies, a cross-generational audience of over 80,000 pilgrims shared and rejoiced in their Faith in the presence of Pope Francis at Croke Park. Celebrating the Festival of Families in the stadium on a brisk Saturday night, the…
In the face of long walks and inclement weather, more than one million people tuned into Irish television at some point during the Papal Mass, figures have revealed. RTÉ One’s programme coverage reached an audience of 1.1 million viewers who tuned in at some point during the broadcast while RTÉ also shared the Phoenix Park…
The Pope in Ireland The closing Mass in Phoenix Park Christians face enormous challenges in bearing witness to their Faith, but must never be “swayed or discouraged” by those who resist it, the Pope has said. Speaking in Dublin’s Phoenix Park at the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families, the Pope said…
Christians face enormous challenges in bearing witness to their Faith, but must never be “swayed or discouraged” by those who resist it, the Pope has said. Speaking in Dublin’s Phoenix Park at the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families, the Pope said that being a Christian isn’t “easy”, and the challenges they face…
The message of the Gospel is an “invitation and a challenge” to all families to make time and space for prayer in the home, Tuam’s archbishop has said. Speaking in the Shrine to Our Lady of Knock in the presence of Pope Francis, Archbishop Michael Neary said it was an “honour, a privilege, and a…
BREAKING Pope Francis has said the clerical abuse of young people in Ireland was a “betrayal of trust” by Church authorities, and remains a source of “pain and shame” for the Catholic community. He also attacked our “throw-away culture” which strips the unborn of the right to life – a significant statement following the recent…
WMOF 2018 A number of Arab families are attending the World Meeting of Families in Dublin today, made possible by the Irish members of a religious order which supports the presence of Christians in the Holy Land. The families will be led by Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, Vicar for Jerusalem. Families from Nazareth, Bethlehem and…
The Pope in Ireland Praised globally for reaching out to those on the margins, and for touching the hearts and minds of millions of people, our current Pontiff has made a magnanimous impact in the world today. But what is the story behind the man in the white robes? Who is Pope Francis? Jorge…
Pope in Ireland Colm Fitzpatrick explores why the Pope chose the name ‘Francis’ Nowadays, the names that we are given or ascribe usually have no abiding meaning or significance, but merely act as markers for identifying one another. However, in the Jewish tradition, names carried spiritual significance – they held a certain symbolic meaning…
Pope in Ireland In the papal apartments the next morning after Joseph Ratzinger was declared Pope in 2005, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio paused longer than almost any other cardinal to converse with the new German Pontiff and express his deferential respect and loyalty – a tradition that has been carried out by cardinals since the…