Praise given to work and legacy of Irish missionaries and aid workers

PLC chairwoman challenges ‘incredible ignorance’

The new director of Trinity College Dublin’s Loyola Institute has called for a renewed vision of what it means to be Catholic

“Benedict XVI was a great Pope,” he said

American actor Shia LaBeouf (28) has revealed that he found God while playing the part of a Christian soldier wrestling with guilt during World War II, in his new film Fury. “I found God doing Fury,” said the actor, whose mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family and whose father has Cajun (French) ancestry. “I…

The family is beaten and wounded, Pope Francis claims

The Government is misleading the public by conveying the impression that the country has entered economic recovery, a senior figure in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) has warned. Tom MacSweeney, SVP national vice-president, said that coalition parties Fine Gael and Labour have recently “conveyed the impression that the country has entered recovery…

Our Lady Help of Christians parish is connected to former Pope

The Church in Ireland must build a new relationship of “mutual respect and trust” with the media Archbishop Eamon Martin has said. Speaking at the annual Radharc Awards in Dublin, the Primate of All-Ireland said the media had to move beyond caricatures of the Church. “It is true that we in the Church have sometimes…