Pope’s two-great nephews and their mother killed in a car crash in Argentina.

Shock follows tragic incident

Suicide awareness charity Pieta House has pleaded with people living with mental health difficulties to reach out in the wake of the tragic death of comic actor Robin Williams. Mr Williams died August 11 and police say they believe he took his own life. The film star had reportedly recently been battling severe depression and…

A court heard at the weekend how a Dublin priest managed to disarm a potential thief who threatened him with a syringe when he confronted him stealing from a church poor box. Fr William Fitzpatrick, parish priest of Mary Immaculate Oblate parish in Inchicore, challenged Mark Pierce for taking €20 from a donations box in…

As if the phenomenal work Br Kevin Crowley does feeding the homeless at Dublin’s Capuchin Day Centre wasn’t enough, the Capuchin Franciscan friars are at it again. This time, in Kilkenny. The Friary Food Project, which was launched this week, is a “Capuchin response to a community need”, according to Br Sean Donohue, one of…

A prominent Irish priest who led a global research congress on the power of theology has said Catholic theology is becoming more “lay centred”. Prof. Eamonn Conway, outgoing President of the International Network of Societies of Catholic Theology, made his remarks after more than 40 theologians from 21 countries took part in a global research…

“We are facing risk of a real genocide and a human catastrophe.”

An Irish nun working in an area ravaged by the deadly Ebola virus has spoken of people’s fears as the death toll rises. The Ebola outbreak has spread across West Africa to Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, claiming 1,000 lives. Authorities have struggled to contain the virus, which is contracted by personal contact, and…

A three-hour vigil and evening of prayer for peace in the Middle East will be held in St Patrick’s Church, Trim, Co. Meath, on Friday (August 15), the Feast of the Assumption. The special evening of prayer is being held in response to a plea from Pope Francis for people to “pray fervently for peace”…

Bishop Kieran O’Reilly of the Diocese of Killaloe has issued a call for applications to the Permanent Diaconate in a new departure for the diocese. The promotion of lay involvement was a key focus in the Killaloe Diocesan Plan ‘Builders of Hope’ launched last year, and the diocese now employs pastoral workers to assist with…