Over 1,000 young Catholics descended on Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea in Co. Tipperary at the weekend for the Youth 2000 Summer Festival. The event, which combines faith, fellowship and craic, has become an annual staple on the Irish religious calendar with buses travelling from all parts of the island. Organisers were delighted with the…

Paul Keenan looks at the testimonies of those who were present during the Marian apparition

Mags Gargan explores the foundation of the Knock Shrine Society

Paul Keenan examines the history of Knock as a place of healing

Mags Gargan examines the life and achievements of Msgr James Horan

Mags Gargan looks at the part a charismatic Poor Clare sister played in the story of Knock

Shrine has a special place in pilgrims’ hearts

The aisle is paved with stone from an ancient Roman road; the apse is made of carefully trimmed evergreen bushes; the columns are tall, thin cypress trees; and the nave is a lily pond, complete with gold fish. Welcoming visitors to "our outdoor church" in Castel Gandolfo, Osvaldo Gianoli explains, "it has always been a…

Cardinal George Pell speaks to Francis X. Rocca about changes to the Vatican’s financial structures

Former UK Holy See Ambassador and newly installed head of St Marys University, London, Francis Campbell speaks frankly to Martin O’Brien on Catholic vision, the Pope, Isis and Europe