Catholic identity must face up to a pluralistic culture

Meeting follows publication of responses to the Vatican’s questionnaire on the family

Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium has become a bestseller in South Korea since the announcement of a papal visit to the nation set for later this year. Seeking to better understand the Pontiff, AsiaNews has reported that Catholics and non-Catholics alike have snapped up copies of his first Apostolic Exhortation, pushing sales via religious bookshops in…

A ‘sense of joy’ for Fr Boland

Eager pilgrims from as far away as Germany and the United States are set to make the journey to the town for an epic re-telling of the Passion of Christ.

Case stems from Orissa violence in 2008

“We need a proper debate in this country about the needs of families whose babies are terminally ill”

Four new Educate Together schools are to open their gates later this year.

Revelations leave faithful shaken

Canon Patrick Marron PE and Fr Jim Moore PP from Donacavey parish, Fintona, Co. Tyrone, with parishioners Sean Slevin, Sean and Patsy Cullen and Anne Monteith as they load a van with useful items, including towels, curtains, bed clothes, etc to be delivered to St Mary's Parish, Limerick to help those who lost so much…