About 100 people over five days attended Music Ministry Together, a new five-day summer school held at the Cistercian College in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary for youth and adult leaders who have a passion for liturgical music and the desire to serve as ministers in their parishes, schools and communities.

Catholics have a responsibility to offer “sanctuary and welcome” to asylum seekers fleeing war-torn parts of the world, the United Nation’s special envoy on migration has said. Speaking at this year’s novena at Knock, Peter Sutherland insisted there is “no room for ambiguity, let alone opposition amongst Christians, to the phenomenon of migration”. “Apart from…

More than 150,000 pilgrims from throughout Ireland and from abroad will have by the end of this week attended the 2015 national novena to Our Lady of Knock at the National Marian Shrine in Co Mayo. Commenting on the opening day of the novena – which involves the celebration of prayer, reflections and faith-based workshops…

Religious sisters have provided “inspirational” insight into the “power of faith in Ireland” to a group of young women who completed a tour of Irish convents last week. The Rise of the Roses, a new movement aimed to support and inspire young women as they explore and discern their vocations in life, ended a 10-convent…

Sharing the joy of their faith and making lifelong friends are the two most common reasons young people give for coming back to the Youth 2000 Summer Festival each year. Free buses from all corners of the island brought over 1,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 35 to the Cistercian College in…

The required entry points for studying theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth have soared this year. Points for students applying for the Baccalaureate in Theology (BTh) through the CAO rose 100 points to 425 this year from 325 in 2014. Acknowledging that although the points surge may not signify an increase in demand for the…

Enda Kenny welcomes American pilgrims to land of ‘spiritualism’

“I believe in the equal rights of mothers and babies” – Renua leader

Reports claimed that the Britain’s Got Talent star had forked out for refurbishment

Church must protect the ethos of Catholic schools not undergoing divestment