Italian Manuela Bertonicini, from Corpo Italiano Di Soccorso Ordine Di Malta, presents a bell to Carl McClean, deputy mayor of Bangor, Co. Down to mark the 1,400th anniversary of the death of St Columbanus, who travelled from Bangor to Italy spreading Christianity through much of Europe. The bell, for the parishes of Bangor, will be…

A photographic exhibition highlighting the work of the Irish Potato Coalition set up by Vita, the Irish NGO fighting against hunger and climate change in Africa, was opened on The Mezzanine, Terminal 1 in Dublin Airport by President Michael D. Higgins. Supported by Irish Aid, the Irish Potato Coalition is a research-led programme that works…

Campaigners for the ‘no’ side have called for action from the Government and ‘yes’ advocates, against an unlawful nationwide campaign of destruction of their marriage referendum posters. ‘Yes’ activists have posted videos and photographs from across the country of ‘no’ posters being defaced, torn down and destroyed, and a Dublin hotel has offered a 50%…

Garda involvement in the same-sex marriage campaign raises unsettling questions

The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has welcomed Fianna Fail’s decision to affirm its commitment to a pro-life policy and oppose any attempts to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Fianna Fáil members passed a motion at the party’s Ard Fheis at the weekend opposing any repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Article 40.3.3), which provides…

Parishioners of Annacurra, Co. Wicklow got a rare opportunity to view historical vestments and artefacts at a display held following Mass in St Brigid's Church. John Flood, Pat Kennedy, Tom Dalton, Jimmy Whelan model some of the pre-Vatican II vestments in the exhibition organised by Fr James Hammel PP. Photo: Ann Egan

We must find a way that acknowledges problems with the Missal while appreciating its fruit says Tim O’Malley

Violent fundamentalism continues to be the choice of the minority, writes Paul Keenan

Christians have a duty to protect marriage as a covenant between man and woman, according to Pope Francis. Continuing his series of Wednesday audiences on creation and the family, the Pontiff said sin can generate distrust and division between men and women, whose relationship can be “undermined by a thousand forms of abuse and subjugation”.…

Irish priest tells of Nepal quake terror as world rallies to its aid