Christian’s ordeal ends with papal meeting

A Co. Tipperary priest has praised the local community for coming together to take action  against the drugs problem in the town, following the death of a number of young people from  the area.    Fr Tom Corbett PP was among over 1,000 people who attended a meeting in Roscrea on  Monday to discuss what…

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The scene at Strathroy, Omagh, Co. Tyrone on Sunday during the outdoor Mass to celebrate the estate's 40th anniversary. Fr Kevin Mullan, a former parish priest, returned for the celebration. Photo: Pat McSorley

A member of the Vatican Observatory has been honoured for his “outstanding” work in astronomy Jesuit Br Guy Consolmagno, who is also the curator of the Vatican’s meteorite collection has been named a recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal, bestowed by the American Astronomical Society, which cited the Jesuit’s “outstanding communication by an active planetary…

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has described the level of homelessness in Dublin as “shameful”. Speaking at Crosscare’s Year 1 Report launch last week, Dr Martin said the “vulnerable and marginalised” often fall “prey to the very systems which were there to provide them with protection and support”, and condemned “services which are below standards and which…

“Stop. I am asking you with all my heart, stop.” This was the Pope’s heartfelt plea to the warring sides in the Gaza conflict on July 27. Setting aside his prepared Sunday Angelus script to pray for those caught up in conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine and Iraq, the Pontiff insisted that “all is…

A Limerick city community has pulled together in an act of solidarity to clean up their parish church following an act of vandalism last week.  The local community was left in shock when vandals threw large cans of different coloured paint at the main door of Our Lady of Lourdes church and a statue of…

“It would be so right if the commanders of all missile systems that were in the crash area on July 17 told the whole truth about what they did and saw, if they said it to everyone, to God and people!" Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, head of the Russian Orthodox Churcjh’s Synodal department for Relations between…

 A court case taken by the head of the Marie Stopes Centre in Belfast against a prominent pro-life campaigner has been adjourned until September.    Bernadette Smyth (pictured), Founder and Director of Precious Life, has denied claims of harassment made by Dawn Purvis, Director of Marie Stopes Northern Ireland, between January and February this year. …