Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has called on Pope Francis to issue an apology to First Nations, Inuit, and Metis survivors, families, and communities for the Church's role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of children in Catholic-run residential schools. The commission was established under the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement,…

Supporters to undertake a 40-mile walk to the order’s headquarters in Dublin to present a 22,000 signature petition

Social apathy and economic focus are consequences of financial crisis, says Cardinal The global financial crisis has driven a loss of meaning and social apathy, causing people to turn away from the common good in favour of a minimalist anthropology pointed towards economic function, according to the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The…

Marian shrine recognised as top performing tourist attraction

Pictured in maynooth are (standing from left): Fr Michael McCullagh, Rev. Conor McGee, Fr Michael Mullaney, Rev. Kevin Malcolmson, Msgr Hugh Connolly, Rev. Vincent Stapleton, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Rev. Michael Geraghty, Rev. Damien Quigley, Rev. Patrick Nugent, Rev. Noel Weir, Fr Paul Prior, Fr Willie Reynolds and Fr Michael Collins. (Seated from left) Rev. John…

Dean of Leighlin, Rev. Tom Gordon said the referendum shows north/south divide

Criticisms of Australian Cardinal George Pell by a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors do not reflect the role or views of the commission, a Vatican spokesman has said. The commission “does not have the task of investigating and pronouncing judgment on individual cases,” according to Father Federico Lombardi, responding to…

An image of Pope Francis being presented with an O’Neill’s Gaelic football has gone viral with GAA supporters all over the world posting the picture on social media sites. Lazio GAA, who are members of a society of over 50 sporting clubs representing the name of ‘Lazio’, were invited to an audience with the Pope…

Bishops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo have criticised governmental and United Nations failures to tackle “genocide, jihadist fundamentalism and Balkanisation” in the country. “For more than 20 years, the eastern populations have fallen victim to war and insecurity,” said the bishops from eastern South Kivu province in a pastoral message, continuing, “in 2010,…

Anti-homelessness campaigners welcome plans for rent control