Greg Daly considers what we can learn from the Curé d’Ars
Category: Feature
Voice of an angel
Country and folk singer Mary Duff talks to Mags Gargan about faith and music
Pausing on the road to reflect
The Limerick journey continues with enthusiasm and vigour, writes Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon
Looking after Peter’s pennies
Cardinal George Pell tells Greg Daly about the importance of getting liturgy, finances and media narratives right
Hoping for a peaceful Twelfth
Martin O’Brien meets a Belfast priest ministering in a parading flashpoint
Priesthood of the laity
Christian worship doesn’t stop at the Church door, Greg Daly is reminded
‘Being a Christian today means you are being persecuted’
Greg Daly meets Papal Dame Ann Widdecombe
Lough Derg is a ‘place of miracles’
In the second of a two-part feature on St Patrick’s Purgatory, Michael Kelly writes about this compelling place
Purgatory & paradise
Every year thousands of people undertake a three-day-long pilgrimage to Lough Derg, each with their own intentions. In the first of a two-part special, The Irish Catholic reports on St Patrick’s Purgatory. Cathal Barry recounts his pilgrimage to St Patrick’s Purgatory
Preparations paving the way for Limerick synod
Preparations are well under way in Limerick as the diocese builds towards the first Synod held in Ireland since the 1950s and the first in the diocese in over 70 years. The synod will take place over three days and will bring together 400 delegates who will set out a path to enable the Church…

Greg Daly
Mags Gargan
Courtney McGrail
Martin O'Brien
Michael Kelly
Cathal Barry