The papal nuncio to Ireland has said that young Irish Catholics need “to have the courage to be different” and rebel against a society that “is distancing itself from God”. Speaking at the closing Mass of the Youth 2000 Summer Festival in Roscrea on Sunday, Archbishop Charles Brown told the over 1,000 young people that…

A prominent Belfast priest has said that internment, which is commemorated by marches in the North this month, effectively marked the end of British rule in Northern Ireland because it facilitated torture. Internment was a British army operation in the North in August 1971, when 342 Catholics suspected of being involved with the IRA were…

Sharing the joy of their faith and making lifelong friends are the two most common reasons young people give for coming back to the Youth 2000 Summer Festival each year. Free buses from all corners of the island brought over 1,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 35 to the Cistercian College in…

“Faith has a huge part in my life” – Derry Rose

A prominent Muslim cleric in Dublin has warned that the radicalisation of Muslim youth is becoming more prominent in Ireland. Shaykh Dr Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri has said that Islamic extremists are regularly congregating at two Irish mosques and in one mosque in particular the religious leaders never denounce atrocities carried out in the name of…

Over 1,000 young Catholics are expected to descend on the Cistercian College in Co. Tipperary next week for the annual Youth 2000 Summer Festival. Youth 2000 is an international movement of young people called to spread the Good News and the cornerstones of its spirituality are the Eucharist and the rosary. The festival, which combines…

Priests have described the theft of the Blessed Sacrament from a Co. Cavan church as deeply upsetting and proof that we are losing a sense of respect for the sacred in Irish society. It is believed that two young children managed to break into the sacristy of St Patrick’s Church in Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan last…