RTĖ’s Miriam O’Callaghan has said the prayers of an order of contemplative nuns are behind her recent run of exclusive high profile interviews. Speaking to the Sunday Independent’s Life magazine, the TV and radio presenter said her interview with Leo Varadkar in January, when he publicly came out as gay, was the biggest interview of…

Fr Paddy Dunne PP in Kilmacrennan parish, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal with parishioners who sold shamrocks at weekend Masses to fundraise for the Parish Youth Pilgrimages.

A leading moral theologian has defended Bishop Kevin Doran’s remarks that the family is a “building block” of society. Dr Suzanne Mulligan, however, called on the bishop to clarify whether he was speaking in a personal capacity or on behalf of the Church regarding some of his more “unhelpful” statements. The lecturer in Moral Theology…

Negotiations between Kylemore Abbey and a top Catholic University in the US to establish a third level educational facility at the Benedictine monastery are “close” to reaching an agreement. Kylemore Abbey Abbess Sr Maire Hickey, OSB, told The Irish Catholic she was “engaged in ongoing negotiations” with the University of Notre Dame du Lac, Indiana,…

“His head is like a game of thrones, in a good way,” says Pope Francis’ former press secretary Fr Guillermo Marco, in a television documentary exploring what shaped the Pontiff we know today. In the Would You Believe? special ‘Pope Francis – The Sinner’ Mick Peelo interviews Jesuits, friends, contemporaries and students in Argentina of…

The head of the Holy See’s peace council has praised the Church in Northern Ireland for its work to bring peace to the North. Speaking at Belfast’s annual St Brigid’s lecture, Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said after many years in which “images of violent conflict have flashed…

Some of the students participating in the Emmanuel live musical event organised by the Archdiocese of Dublin sign the word for ‘love’ on stage at the Helix. Over 2,000 young people from schools all over Dublin, including St Mary's SchoolforDeafGirls, performed hymns with an orchestra over three days. Photo: John McElroy

An Independent TD has raised concerns that a Bill to ensure the implementation of same-sex marriage if the referendum is passed will not include a conscientious objection clause. Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath said he was “not at all confident that the Bill will provide for conscientious objection to safeguard people, businesses and other institutions who…

Staff Reporter One of the country’s leading Catholic colleges is poised for a boost in student numbers as a result of a major building development project. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, is set to record a 16% rise in student numbers in the coming year bringing the student body to in excess of 3,500 in September 2015.…

Bishop says some comments “misquoted or quoted out of context”