Mater Dei Institute in Dublin was the setting for the annual ‘A Common Word’ conference last weekend. Between December 6 and 7 scholars from across the world and drawn from the three Abrahamic faiths, gathered for presentations and discussions from those faith perspectives, on both the Common Word document and the future of Muslim-Christian dialogue.…

Pope Francis has topped a ‘most mentioned’ list for users of the Facebook social networking site. The site, which claims some 1.2 billion users released a list of the most discussed persons and topics during 2013 last Monday, revealing the current Pontiff at No.1. The Pontiff’s outgoing and informal manner saw him mentioned more times…

The father of missing Trevor Deely has spoken of how faith continues to help his family cope with their loss, 13 years after the young man vanished without trace from a Dublin street.  “We cling to faith,” Michael Deely told The Irish Catholic this week, “and we don’t give up on him.” Michael said that…