Crystal Swing star Mary Murray-Burke has said she was “shocked” after being told by a researcher on a prominent radio programme not to discuss her faith as it might “offend” listeners. The singer told The Irish Catholic that she was keen to talk about a recent trip to Medjugorje on the show but was told…

The slain nuns of Aden lived out their faith to the last, writes Paul Keenan “We will continue our service to the poor and needy.” Of the many statements issued in response to the callous slaughter of four nuns in Yemen on March 4, the quietly defiant promise from the victims’ own Missionaries of Charity…

A Columban missionary who was held for ransom by militants in the Philippines has raised doubts on reports that the leader of the kidnapper gang was killed by security forces at the weekend. Fr Michael Sinnott, originally from Co. Wexford, was snatched outside his house in Pagadian City in October 2009 and held hostage for…

Weekend Dublin shoppers were recently introduced to Pope Francis’ message of mercy thanks to a team of parish volunteers working from a ‘Mercy pop up shop’. A rota of parishioners spent a sunny Saturday working from a former hairdressers in the main shopping area of Ballyfermot as part of the ‘24 hours for the Lord’…

Pilgrims from the parishes in the St Joseph cluster in the Diocese of Killaloe (Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, Ballinlough, Bekan and Knock) at the Door of Mercy, marking the end of their pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Sunday for the ‘Engaging the Heart’ weekend.

Sarah MacDonald One hundred years after a unique All-Ireland football final was played among the men interned in the wake of the 1916 Rising in Frongoch in north Wales, an RTÉ documentary revisits the scene and reveals the story behind the match between Kerry and Louth. In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, over…

A high-profile body set up to advise Pope Francis on preventing abuse is under threat unless the Vatican releases further funding, it has been claimed. Baroness Nuala O’Loan has described as “very disturbing” claims that Vatican officials have been slow to release funding for the Pontifical Council for the Protection of Minors. Irishwoman Marie Collins,…

It was a case of ‘East meets West’ as 26 people from the Archdiocese of Tuam and Cherry Orchard/Ballyfermot Parish in Dublin graduated from the certificate programme in Youth Ministry Studies (YMSP). The graduation was held in Mount St Alphonsus Church, Limerick and the certificate is supported in Ireland by the Redemptorist congregation. The programme…