Bishop Emeritus Anthony Farquhar, Bishop Noel Treanor of Down & Connor and Fr Paul Armstrong, PP of St Bernadette’s Parish at the reopening of St Bernadette’s Church, Belfast on Sunday after an extensive renovation.

The winner of the caption competition (IC, May 5) featuring Bishop Paul Tighe and ‘The Edge’ from rock band U2 is Pauline Dunne from Enfield, Co. Meath. Pauline wins a copy of the beautiful book The Vatican: Secrets and Treasures of the Holy City by Fr Michael Collins.

The Polish army will help provide security during World Youth Day, a spokesman has said. The July 31 meeting on the last day of the Pope’s visit to Krakow for the Catholic festival will take place in meadows near the city that could be difficult to protect and difficult to evacuate in an emergency, as…

Christians have a mission to convert Muslims to Christianity, the Vatican’s ecumenism chief has said. Speaking at an interfaith meeting held by Cambridge University’s Woolf Institute, Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said the Christian mission requires even that Christians attempt to share the Faith with militant Islamist groups…

An inquest is set to be held into the deaths of Belfast nuns Sr Bridgett Marie Duddy and Sr Frances Forde who were killed in a road crash involving an unmarked PSNI vehicle in Newry in 2014. A preliminary inquest was held into the deaths of the two Sisters of Mercy in Belfast last week,…

A Dublin-based priest has welcomed proposals for greater use of school buildings, but cautioned that such usage would need proper funding. As part of a three-year strategy, Education Minister Richard Bruton has outlined plans for school buildings to be made available out of hours for afterschool care, homework clubs and other community activities. “I’m all…

New general secretary for CPSMA Seamus Mulconry has been appointed as the new general secretary for the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA). CPSMA chairman Martin Hanrahan welcomed the appointment saying Mr Mulconry’s experience as former director of Philanthropy Ireland “will greatly support boards of management and principals of Catholic primary schools as they seek to meet the many…

Staff reporter Children from Catholic families may be refused places in Catholic schools if a new admissions policy is adopted. A new group consisting of leading Catholic educationalists and barrister Patrick Treacy, is seeking a change to the admissions policy of Catholic schools to reflect the changed nature of Irish society. The Faith in Our Schools…