Syria’s bishops have visited Homs many times since civil war began four years ago

Poll shows overwhelming opposition to Equality Commission’s actions

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will lead Good Friday procession

Four Irish families travelled to the UN in Geneva to join with other families, medical experts and policymakers at a conference at the United Nations in Geneva to launch a global campaign aiming to end the use of the term 'incompatible with life' and to seek better care for families whose children are diagnosed with…

Retired Bishop Edward Daly received the Freedom of Derry this week, in recognition of his contribution to the city over the past five decades. Bishop Daly received the honour alongside retired Church of Ireland Bishop James Mehaffey from Derry City Council in the Guildhall on Tuesday evening.   A motion, proposed by SDLP Councillor John…

The unprecedented move is the first time that a cardinal has been removed from office in living memory

The bishops have called for a renewed global commitment to protect freedom of religion and to stop the “brutal persecution” of minorities. In a joint statement this week the bishops said the “denial of the freedom of conscience and religion” is a “truly global crisis” which had led to “violent conflict, loss of life, forced…

Pope Announces Year of Mercy Pope Francis has announced the celebration of an extraordinary Jubilee Year dedicated to Mercy. The Holy Year of Mercy will begin on December 8, 2015, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, and will end on November 20, 2016, the…

Trócaire, the bishops’ overseas aid agency, is supporting relief efforts in Vanuatu in the aftermath of what is thought to have been the worst cyclone to ever hit the country. Cyclone Pam, a category five storm, devastatedthe most populated island of Efate, where more than 65,000 people live, with wind speeds of up to 270…

Bishop Kevin Doran issued a clarification following a controversial interview on Newstalk last week. Bishop Doran admitted that some of the words and examples he had used were not “chosen as carefully as in a prepared address”, but said that some of his comments had been “misquoted or quoted out of context in further media…